Overseas buyers vanish and Harrods subsequently closes fine wines department after 3 years

A 225 seat restaurant is planned as a replacement to Harrods fine wines department after cognacs like the £24,995 Louis X111 stopped selling in a “glass ceiling” case.  In the boom when it opened it had wines and champagnes at huge prices and in 2013 prime property was also selling for record sums.  £18,000 was the price, for example of a Louis Roedere Crystal Gold Caged Jeroboam.

Harrods, celebrated the world over,  already has nine restaurants and cafes.  The new addition will stay open until midnight and aims to serve up to 450 people per day.  It will apparently have a smokers’ balcony on a different level.

Residents of the area are not content to have it used as a launching pad for rich car owners to show off their latest four-wheeled trophies, or the noise it may attract late in the evening.

A leading “fine wine” department will still be part of the store after a re-think by owners.  A spokesperson said “we take residents’ views very seriously and we have developed a detailed management plan that aims to mitigate any potential noise and disturbance” in regard to the new eaterie.