OK but not great (Vinopolis - City of Wine)

Member Name: domp

Product:	Vinopolis - City of Wine
Date:	01/03/03 (391 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: location, some good wine

Disadvantages: quality of some exhibits, price, staff

Having read the other reviews I was expecting something better. It has a good location - in the archways underneath a railway line. There are plenty of rooms - all covering a different region and you get an audio guide narrated by a man with a slurred voice.

The good points:
There were some good wines to be tasted, I likes the Madeira and Port, and the US wines.
The short documentary about Australian wine was OK.

The problems were:
The staff were sullen and not interested.
Some things referred to in the audio guide were not working or were absent.
Some rooms, e.g. Spain consisted of nothing more than pictures on the walls.
I tried the Vespa ride mentioned in some other reviews. On one the audio didn't work, on another the screen was yellow and the other 2 were in use so I gave up.
There was a room on Sauternes but there was no Sauternes to be tasted, which I found was a bit cheapskate. Should have been able to taste more expensive wines with 2 tokens.
A couple of the wines were foul, e.g. the German Riesling.

I got in half price but was still a bit disappointed. If you want to learn about wine, read a book instead.

Summary: