When it comes to wine, China doesn’t have the greatest of reputations.

Pack a bag for your next gin sesh in Notting Hill. The Distillery is launching next month on Portobello Road with a whole four floors dedicated to gin and three boutique guest bedrooms taking bookings.

Holborn Dining Room is a sophisticated spot, boasting some of the most old-school decor in town.

I’m sipping a glass of raisiny red at St John in Spitalfields, chatting to the duty manager about box wine. ‘I remember my mum always got a box in for Christmas,’ he laughs. ‘My friend and I once downed a whole one between us.’

Newly reopened for its fourth summer in a row, Frank’s Café continues to deliver the kind of food that any open-air venue in such a competitive, cosmopolitan city as London should aspire to.