Wine Evenings with Vins-Clairs
Join us for a series of intimate wine evenings. With limited guests, the hearth, a sommelier who knows where to look and a chef who listens to the season.
New Wave Rhône
An evening in The Snug bringing together the fire-led autumn cooking of Executive Head Chef David Hazell with an exceptional selection of Rhône Valley wines curated by Master Sommelier Claire Thévenot.
Together, we’ll explore a new generation of winemakers reshaping the Rhône, breathing fresh life into ancient varieties, farming with conviction and challenging what this storied region can be. Each wine will be introduced by Claire and paired with Dave’s seasonal cooking from the hearth.
Relaxed in spirit, serious about wine.
£85 per person, including a three-course Emberwood menu with accompanying Rhône wine pours throughout the evening.
Limited availability.
Beaujolais Nouveau
We’re celebrating Beaujolais Nouveau at Emberwood with Christophe Pacalet, one of the region’s most brilliant winemakers, and Claire Thevenot of Vins Clairs.
Christophe will be here throughout the evening to share the story of the region and answer your questions about Gamay and the Crus. We’ll begin with the just-released Beaujolais Nouveau 2026, before moving through a discovery of some of Beaujolais’s best terroirs.
This is a celebration, an excuse to free-pour Beaujolais, try a snippet of the Emberwood menu, with a gentle nod to France, and settle in for a very good evening around the table.
£90 per person, including a three-course Emberwood menu and accompanying Beaujolais throughout the evening.
Meet Claire Thévenot
Claire's connection with Emberwood goes back to the very beginning. A Master Sommelier who has spent years championing quality, provenance, and discovery across some of the city's leading restaurants, she has been part of our story since we opened. Shaping the wines across our list and returning, evening by evening, as a friend of the house.
What makes an evening with Claire remarkable isn't just the depth of her knowledge. It's her ability to bring wine to life through conversation, to make a glass feel like a place, a person, a decision worth understanding.
