The wine

Bruno Loubet’s Grain Store (grainstore.com) has livened up its wine list with a selection of Greco Roman herb-infused wine, one of which is vinegar-based. The surprisingly refreshing Rose Vinus Lupus, £6.50, is made with dried rose petals, gewurztraminer, clover honey and verjus: a vinegar made from unripe grape juice.

The gourmet bottle

Posh condiment makers Demijohn (found in Oxford, York, Edinburgh and Glasgow) have an array of artisan fruit vinegars, all served 'on tap'. Replace your old school balsamic and cider with sweet and tasty elderflower, gooseberry or bramble varieties, which can all be made into drinks, poured over salads or ice cream and added to casseroles (demijohn.co.uk).

The sweets

Those who regularly slather their strawberries with balsamic vinegar will vouch for the pairing’s brilliance. But artisanal gelato kings La Gelatiera (lagelatiera.co.uk) in London’s Covent Garden have taken it a step further by introducing their Aceto Balsamico flavour, made with caramelised aged Modena balsamic vinegar. Sweet tooths should also keep an eye on chocolatier Paul A Young, who is soon to introduce a salt and vinegar truffle made with a crunchy potato crisp coating (paulayoung.co.uk).

2014: the year of the vinegar comeback