Battlefield wine shop Sylvan La Cave wins permission to open as bar after "somewhat of a saga"
The Sinclair Drive shop, run by the team behind Woodlands Road's Sylvan, will be able to seat 20 people for wine tastings and small events after the city's licensing board approved the change.
A Glasgow southside wine shop has secured permission to open as a bar after “somewhat of a saga”.
Sylvan La Cave was opened on Sinclair Drive in Battlefield by the owners of Woodlands Road restaurant Sylvan in December last year.
The intention was always to “create a small on sales offering… to complement the [off] sales part”, the city’s licensing board heard.
Board members agreed to vary the premises licence to allow customers to be served on site on Friday. They were told the venue intends to host wine tastings, cater for small events and allow visitors to sit in to sample different products.
Audrey Junner, the licensing lawyer representing the venue, said the premises had faced “many licensing challenges”. It also required planning permission to open as a bar, which was granted in April.
“They navigated the planning system and they were granted class three [food and drink] use earlier this year hence why this application was able to be submitted,” Ms Junner explained to board members.
She said there had been “great support from the neighbours, who I think are very keen to see this extension to the project”. The bar will be able to host 20 people at a time.
When planning permission was granted in April, owner Colin Campbell said he was “delighted” that councillors had “recognised the strength of our application”.
He added, once the premises licence had been varied, the offering would “evolve into a combined shop and bar, inspired by the traditionalcave à vin of Paris”.