These London pubs are serving takeaway mulled wine this winter

Christmastime is coming and new variant Omnicron is putting the cat among the turkeys: so perhaps it’s time to revisit the hottest trend of 2020, takeaway mulled wine. Even if you’re feeling nervy about sitting inside your local pub, you can still show your support – and fuel any bracing walks around the capital. C’mon! It’s all good exercise. 

As the days get colder, takeaway mulled wine – a trend that first emerged in late 2020 – means you can get stuck into safe outdoor socialising without feeling the chill. Or alternatively, use the service to treat your cohabiters to a very steamy round at yours – without having to faff around with cinnamon sticks and end up with a kitchen that smells like the inside of a gingerbread house. 

So get as organised as your folks with their to-do list this Christmas, and get in a warming round of the mulled wines from this list of London venues.      

Clissold Park Tavern, Stoke Newington
Plus hot toddies and mulled cider, too 

The Grapes, Limehouse

The Lauriston, Victoria Park
Also serving mulled cider and hot toddies

Red Lion and Sun, Highgate 
And Frozen Margaritas, if a thing like the cold doesn’t bother you 

Renegade Urban Winery, Bethnal Green
Making its own wine in its east London HQ – and mixing up three shades of the mulled stuff. Pay for a glass or get it for free with every wine bottle purchase! 

Sun Tavern, Bethnal Green
Also serving hot punch

Pelton Arms, Greenwich 
Plus boozy hot chocolates or your standard takeaway pints

The Vault 1894, Tower Bridge
Also serving Baileys coffees – oh, boy!

Diogenes the Dog, Walworth
The neighbourhood wine specialist is serving red, white and rosé wines spiked with spiced brandy

Gallipoli, Angel 

The Three Stags, Kennington

The Empress, Victoria Park 
Plus hot spiced cider

Fugitive Motel, Bethnal Green

The Great Exhibition, East Dulwich
Up the ante with an extra shot of brandy, Cointreau or sloe gin

The Victoria, Battersea

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