Vinopolis

Vinopolis is a cracking day out in London, based on the South Bank within an easy 5 minute walk of London Bridge rail and tube stations and located next to the famous Borough Market. Vinopolis is a great place to come in London either for a meal in the fabulous restaurant or to develop a greater understanding of wine, its taste and its history. We visited on a 2 for 1 voucher which we gained via a British Rail days out guide, this entitled us to two entry tickets for the price of one, It therefore cost us £15 for two tickets, we then paid extra for Champagne tasting and Gin tasting on top of the wine tasting, so in total it cost us around £30 for a ...  Read the complete review

First: the boring, informative part. I recently visited Vinopolis in a party of six, each of us paying £27.50 to do the 'Spirit of Vinopolis' tour, which allowed us to taste five wines (six if you include the one in the tutorial), three rums, two beers, two whiskeys, two absinthes and a Bombay Sapphire gin cocktail. You can buy stamps for extra drinks on your way around, but we found this was more than enough. The booking procedure was very simple and straightforward and the place itself is dead easy to find - a simple stroll through Borough Market after alighting at London Bridge will take you straight there. I booked on the web site, and accidentally booked ...  Read the complete review