Birmingham’s biggest wine bar set to close less than a year after opening - here’s why

Vinoteca’s Birmingham restaurant and wine bar will close its doors later this month less than a year after first opening.

Located within Two Chamberlain Square opposite Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Vinoteca is currently the city’s largest wine venue, but will close its doors on Saturday, May 27 due to ‘spiralling energy charges, inflation and rising costs’.

The business also said that regular train strikes in recent months have had a big impact on the business. The difficult trading conditions during and post-pandemic has had a huge impact on the industry.

A statement from the business, read: “The challenges of a much-changed economic landscape over the past twelve months of rising costs, inflation, spiralling energy charges and regular train strikes have proved too great for a site which Vinoteca had hoped to continue to grow over the coming years.”

Vinoteca Director, Charlie Young said: “It is with great sadness that we have had to make the very difficult decision to close the doors at Vinoteca Birmingham and are heart-broken to be leaving the incredible Paradise development and a city we have grown to respect and admire.”

Vinoteca Director, Brett Woonton, added: “We would like to thank all our loyal staff and customers who contributed to Vinoteca Birmingham over the past year.”