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Calm, well designed, and right under the Downs.\n\nPlumpton is about an hour from Victoria and the estate is a walk of under half an hour from Plumpton station, along the lanes.","note_links":null,"also_in":[{"name":"What\u2019s On","href":"/whats-on/artelium-wine-estate/"}],"maps_q":"Artelium Wine Estate, London","bank":1},{"slug":"balfour-winery","name":"Balfour Winery","area":"Marden, Kent","address":"Train from London Bridge \u2014 About 46 minutes to Marden, then a free weekend shuttle or a 20-minute walk.","station":"London Bridge","walk":1,"lat":51.504876,"lng":-0.085147,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_url":null,"website":"https://balfourwinery.com/","instagram":"balfourwinery","maps_name":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["tastings","vineyard"],"runs":null,"scope":"Train from London Bridge","scope_icon":"train","verdict":"Kent's most acclaimed winery, and its own site calls it England's best to visit.","note":"Balfour make some of the most admired still and sparkling wine in the country, and have built the visit to match: guided tastings, blending workshops, dinners, and a long terrace over the vines where a wine flight and a flatbread will do just as well. There is a free self-guided walk through the vineyard if you would rather not book anything.\n\nMarden is about three quarters of an hour from London Bridge. At weekends Balfour run a free shuttle from Marden station every half hour; otherwise it is a twenty-minute walk.","note_links":null,"also_in":[{"name":"What\u2019s On","href":"/whats-on/balfour-winery/"}],"maps_q":"Balfour Winery, London","bank":0},{"slug":"berry-bros-rudd","name":"Berry Bros. & Rudd","area":"St James's","address":"63 Pall Mall, St James's, SW1A 1EG","station":"Green Park","walk":5,"lat":51.505282,"lng":-0.138019,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_url":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_extra":null,"website":"https://www.bbr.com","instagram":"berrybrosrudd","maps_name":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["shop"],"runs":null,"scope":null,"verdict":"Britain's oldest wine merchant, trading from the same shop since 1698.","note":"Family-owned and on the same St James's site since 1698, with the sloping floors and the enormous coffee-bean scales still in place - the shop weighed customers for two centuries and the ledgers survive. Two royal warrants. The range runs from own-label claret you can afford up to the top of Bordeaux and Burgundy, and the shop is far less intimidating than its history suggests.","note_links":null,"figure":{"src":"/img/berry-bros-rudd.jpg?v=4bbb61ba","thumb":"/img/berry-bros-rudd-480.jpg?v=2d82b24e","width":1024,"height":768,"alt":"Berry Brothers & Rudd, London, September 2016","caption":"","credit":"Photo by Edwardx, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons","credit_url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berry_Brothers_%26_Rudd,_London,_September_2016_03.jpg","thumb_width":480},"also_in":[{"name":"Shopping","href":"/shopping/berry-bros-rudd/"},{"name":"Classic British Shops","href":"/classic-british-shops/berry-bros-rudd/"}],"maps_q":"Berry Bros. & Rudd, 63 Pall Mall, St James's, SW1A 1EG, London","in_area":{"slug":"st-jamess","name":"St James's"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Lock & Co. 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Their tour is refreshingly honest about the scale \u2014 in their words, there is not much touring involved in a compact space, so it is an hour and a quarter of being told exactly how the wine is made, with tastings, for \u00a325.\n\nMost Saturday afternoons, and otherwise by appointment. In summer they open a wine bar among the barrels on Friday and Saturday evenings. The entrance is on Broughton Street opposite Emu Road; Queenstown Road station is five minutes away.","note_links":null,"maps_q":"Blackbook Winery, Arch 41, London Stone Business Estate, Battersea, SW8 3QR, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Natsume S\u014dseki","s":"natsume-soseki","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":669},{"n":"Single Form","s":"single-form","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":693},{"n":"Nostos Coffee","s":"nostos-coffee","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":694}],"near_same":[{"s":"soif","m":1460},{"s":"noble-rot-mayfair","m":3922},{"s":"berry-bros-rudd","m":3923},{"s":"lower","m":4190},{"s":"hedonism-wines","m":4397},{"s":"gordons-wine-bar","m":4646}]},{"slug":"bottle-apostle-victoria-park","name":"Bottle Apostle, Victoria Park","area":"Victoria Park","address":"95 Lauriston Road, Hackney, E9 7HJ","station":"London Fields","walk":13,"lat":51.537558,"lng":-0.044372,"hours":[[11.0,19.0],[11.0,20.0],[11.0,20.0],[11.0,20.0],[11.0,21.0],[10.0,20.0],[10.0,19.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo 11:00-19:00; Tu-Th 11:00-20:00; Fr 11:00-21:00; Sa 10:00-20:00; Su 10:00-19:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":null,"hours_checked":"2026-09-03","hours_extra":null,"website":"https://www.bottleapostle.com/victoria-park-village.html","instagram":"bottleapostle","maps_name":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["shop","tastings"],"runs":null,"scope":null,"verdict":"The Lauriston Road original, with a bottle open to taste every day.","note":"Opened on Lauriston Road in July 2009 and now four shops across London, on the principle that a wine shop should serve the novice as well as the obsessive. Their own headline is daily wine tasting: there is something open on the counter to try before you commit.","note_links":null,"maps_q":"Bottle Apostle, Victoria Park, 95 Lauriston Road, Hackney, E9 7HJ, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Pophams Victoria Park","s":"pophams-victoria-park","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":107},{"n":"Chisenhale Gallery","s":"chisenhale-gallery","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":595},{"n":"Victoria Park","s":"victoria-park","c":"outdoors","cn":"Outdoors & Nature","m":651}],"near_same":[{"s":"renegade-wine-bar","m":1447},{"s":"sager-wilde","m":2112},{"s":"newcomer-wines","m":2320},{"s":"passione-vino","m":2990},{"s":"uncorked","m":3792},{"s":"the-sampler","m":4086}]},{"slug":"chapel-down-vineyard","name":"Chapel Down Vineyard","area":"Tenterden, Kent","address":"Train from Charing Cross \u2014 About an hour to Headcorn, then a 20-minute taxi \u2014 the longest transfer here, so book the cab before you travel.","station":"Charing Cross","walk":1,"lat":51.507497,"lng":-0.123689,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_url":null,"website":"https://www.chapeldown.com/pages/visit-us","instagram":"chapeldown","maps_name":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["tastings","vineyard"],"runs":null,"scope":"Train from Charing Cross","scope_icon":"train","verdict":"England's best-known winery, and the only one here that needs a proper taxi at the far end.","note":"Chapel Down is the name most people reach for when they think of English wine, and the visit is built for it: guided tours of the winery, a tasting bar where you can work through a flight, a self-guided walk through the vines if you would rather not book, and a stretch tent to share a bottle under.\n\nBe clear about the journey. Headcorn is about an hour from Charing Cross, but the winery is a twenty-minute taxi from Headcorn station \u2014 much the longest transfer of any vineyard here, and not a walk. Book the cab in advance rather than hoping for one on the rank.","note_links":null,"also_in":[{"name":"What\u2019s On","href":"/whats-on/chapel-down-vineyard/"}],"maps_q":"Chapel Down Vineyard, London","bank":1},{"slug":"denbies-wine-estate","name":"Denbies Wine Estate","area":"Dorking, Surrey","address":"Train from Waterloo \u2014 About 50 minutes to Dorking, then a 15-minute walk.","station":"Waterloo","walk":1,"lat":51.501956,"lng":-0.113186,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_url":null,"website":"https://www.denbies.co.uk/","instagram":"denbies_wine_estate","maps_name":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["tastings","vineyard"],"runs":null,"scope":"Train from Waterloo","scope_icon":"train","verdict":"England's largest single estate, and the easiest vineyard to reach without a car.","note":"Denbies covers a whole hillside of the Surrey Hills above Dorking and is the most visitable vineyard in the country: a train that runs out through the vines, indoor tastings, guided walks, a restaurant and a hotel. It is the one to pick if the group is mixed and not everyone is there for the wine.\n\nDorking is about fifty minutes from Waterloo and the estate is a fifteen-minute walk from Dorking station, so no taxi and no car. Book the tour you want before you travel.","note_links":null,"also_in":[{"name":"What\u2019s On","href":"/whats-on/denbies-wine-estate/"}],"maps_q":"Denbies Wine Estate, London","bank":0},{"slug":"diogenes-the-dog","name":"Diogenes the Dog","area":"Elephant & Castle","address":"96 Rodney Road, SE17 1BG","station":"Elephant & Castle","walk":8,"lat":51.491504,"lng":-0.091059,"hours":[null,[17.0,23.0],[17.0,23.0],[12.0,23.0],[12.0,23.0],[11.0,23.0],[11.0,22.0]],"hours_raw":"Tu-We 17:00-23:00; Th-Fr 12:00-23:00; Sa 11:00-23:00; Su 11:00-22:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://www.diogenesthedog.co.uk/","hours_checked":"2026-09-03","hours_extra":null,"website":"https://www.diogenesthedog.co.uk/","instagram":"diogenes_thedog","maps_name":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["shop","winebar"],"runs":null,"scope":null,"verdict":"A cynic's wine bar off the Walworth Road, built to argue with your palate.","note":"Sunny Hodge's bar takes its name from the Greek cynic and runs on the same principle: the list is chosen to make you question what you think you like, leaning on regions nobody markets \u2014 Poland, Taiwan, Georgia \u2014 alongside classic areas doing something unfashionable. Small plates rather than a menu, and staff who will happily talk you out of your usual order. Their own site bills it as award-winning. Dog friendly, and closed Monday.","note_links":null,"maps_q":"Diogenes the Dog, 96 Rodney Road, SE17 1BG, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Michael Faraday Memorial","s":"michael-faraday-memorial","c":"science","cn":"Science & Engineering","m":385},{"n":"Corsica Studios","s":"corsica-studios","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":577},{"n":"Hermanos Colombian Coffee Roasters","s":"hermanos-colombian-coffee-roasters-browning-estate","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":585}],"near_same":[{"s":"lant-street-wine","m":1059},{"s":"40-maltby-street","m":1373},{"s":"the-boot-flogger","m":1422},{"s":"lower","m":1825},{"s":"uncorked","m":2810},{"s":"gordons-wine-bar","m":2900}]},{"slug":"forest-wines","name":"Forest Wines","area":"Walthamstow","address":"149 Forest Road, Walthamstow, E17 6HE","station":"Blackhorse Road","walk":5,"lat":51.587724,"lng":-0.036649,"hours":[[15.0,20.0],[15.0,20.0],[15.0,20.0],[12.0,21.0],[12.0,21.0],[12.0,21.0],[12.0,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-We 15:00-20:00; Th-Sa 12:00-21:00; Su 12:00-18:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://www.forestwines.com/","hours_checked":"2026-09-03","hours_extra":null,"website":"https://www.forestwines.com/","instagram":"forestwinese17","maps_name":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["shop","winebar"],"runs":null,"scope":null,"verdict":"Organic and natural wine on Forest Road, with a bar at the back.","note":"A small organic and natural specialist on Forest Road that doubles as a bar, so the shelf you are browsing is also the list. The buying is low-intervention throughout rather than as a token section, and the staff are unusually good at pointing a sceptic at something that will change their mind. Open seven days.","note_links":null,"maps_q":"Forest Wines, 149 Forest Road, Walthamstow, E17 6HE, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Wood St. Coffee","s":"wood-st-coffee","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":474},{"n":"Signature Brew Blackhorse Road","s":"signature-brew-blackhorse-road","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":735},{"n":"Lucky Yu Bakery","s":"lucky-yu-bakery","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":736}],"near_same":[{"s":"renegade-urban-winery","m":952},{"s":"gnarly-vines","m":2008},{"s":"newcomer-wines","m":5306},{"s":"highbury-vintners","m":5541},{"s":"bottle-apostle-victoria-park","m":5603},{"s":"the-sampler","m":6775}]},{"slug":"forty-hall-vineyard","name":"Forty Hall Vineyard","area":"Enfield, London","address":"Train from Liverpool Street \u2014 About 30 minutes to Turkey Street, then a 10-minute walk.","station":"Liverpool Street","walk":1,"lat":51.518211,"lng":-0.081427,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_url":null,"website":"https://www.fortyhallvineyard.com/","instagram":"fhvlondon","maps_name":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["tastings","vineyard"],"runs":null,"scope":"Train from Liverpool Street","scope_icon":"train","verdict":"London's own vineyard, run as a mental health project, inside the M25.","note":"The only commercial vineyard in London, planted in the grounds of Forty Hall in Enfield and run as a community project: in their words, income from the wine goes straight back into their mental health and wellbeing work. Volunteers do much of the picking. The wines are organic and genuinely good, which is not always true of a project with a cause attached.\n\nHalf an hour from Liverpool Street to Turkey Street, then ten minutes on foot \u2014 the shortest vineyard trip on this list, and the only one that never leaves London.","note_links":null,"also_in":[{"name":"What\u2019s On","href":"/whats-on/forty-hall-vineyard/"}],"maps_q":"Forty Hall Vineyard, London","bank":1},{"slug":"gnarly-vines","name":"Gnarly Vines","area":"Walthamstow","address":"464 Hoe Street, Walthamstow, E17 9AH","station":"Walthamstow Central","walk":11,"lat":51.575906,"lng":-0.014668,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_url":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_extra":"Their site does not publish opening hours.","website":"https://gnarlyvines.co.uk","instagram":"gnarlyvineslondon","maps_name":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["shop","winebar"],"runs":null,"scope":null,"verdict":"Natural wine shop and bar at the top of Hoe Street.","note":"Describes itself as a natural wine shop and bar, and the shelves back it up: Ganevat and Dagueneau alongside things at \u00a315, growers rather than labels. Drink it there or take it away.","note_links":null,"maps_q":"Gnarly Vines, 464 Hoe Street, Walthamstow, E17 9AH, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Suba Bakery","s":"suba-bakery","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":454},{"n":"The Good Egg Walthamstow","s":"the-good-egg-walthamstow","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":740},{"n":"Sol Plaatje","s":"sol-plaatje","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":764}],"near_same":[{"s":"forest-wines","m":2008},{"s":"renegade-urban-winery","m":2892},{"s":"bottle-apostle-victoria-park","m":4732},{"s":"newcomer-wines","m":5302},{"s":"renegade-wine-bar","m":6163},{"s":"highbury-vintners","m":6188}]},{"slug":"gordons-wine-bar","name":"Gordon's Wine Bar","area":"Embankment","address":"Villiers Street, WC2N 6NE","station":"Charing Cross","walk":1,"lat":51.507942,"lng":-0.123583,"hours":[[11.0,23.0],[11.0,23.0],[11.0,23.0],[11.0,23.0],[11.0,23.0],[11.0,23.0],[12.0,22.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Sa 11:00-23:00; Su 12:00-22:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":null,"hours_checked":"2026-09-03","hours_extra":null,"website":"https://www.gordonswinebar.com/","instagram":"gordonswinebar","maps_name":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["winebar"],"runs":null,"scope":null,"verdict":"Candlelit cellars off Villiers Street, where the room is the reason to come.","note":"Their own claim is London's oldest wine bar, and the back room makes the case: a barrel-vaulted cellar lit by candles, blackened walls, wooden benches, and news clippings from the 1900s still pinned up. Sherry and madeira come from the cask, and there is a serious cheese and cold meat counter.\n\nBe clear about what it is here for. The list is broad and perfectly good without being the reason to cross London \u2014 you come for the atmosphere, which nowhere else in the city has. No reservations, so it fills from about six, and in summer the tables spill out onto Watergate Walk.","note_links":null,"maps_q":"Gordon's Wine Bar, Villiers Street, WC2N 6NE, London","in_area":{"slug":"covent-garden","name":"Covent Garden"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Heinrich Heine","s":"heinrich-heine","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":92},{"n":"Benjamin Franklin House","s":"benjamin-franklin-house","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":96},{"n":"British Optical Association Museum","s":"british-optical-association-museum","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":125}],"near_same":[{"s":"the-10-cases","m":706},{"s":"noble-rot-soho","m":934},{"s":"berry-bros-rudd","m":1041},{"s":"lower","m":1104},{"s":"antidote-wine-bar","m":1215},{"s":"noble-rot","m":1586}]},{"slug":"gusbourne-vineyard","name":"Gusbourne Vineyard","area":"Appledore, Kent","address":"Train from St Pancras \u2014 About an hour and a quarter to Appledore, then a five-minute taxi.","station":"St Pancras","walk":1,"lat":51.53272,"lng":-0.127003,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_url":null,"website":"https://www.gusbourne.com/","instagram":"gusbourne_wine","maps_name":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["tastings","vineyard"],"runs":null,"scope":"Train from St Pancras","scope_icon":"train","verdict":"One of England's most decorated sparkling houses, on the edge of the Marsh.","note":"Gusbourne's wines win about as much as English wine wins \u2014 their Fifty One Degrees North has taken gold and 98 points \u2014 and the estate on the edge of Romney Marsh runs proper seated tastings and vineyard walks rather than a quick pour at a counter. The one for somebody who already likes English sparkling and wants to understand it.\n\nAppledore is about an hour and a quarter from St Pancras, then a five-minute taxi. Book ahead; they are not a walk-in.","note_links":null,"also_in":[{"name":"What\u2019s On","href":"/whats-on/gusbourne-vineyard/"}],"maps_q":"Gusbourne Vineyard, London","bank":1},{"slug":"hedonism-wines","name":"Hedonism Wines","area":"Mayfair","address":"3-7 Davies Street, Mayfair, W1K 3DJ","station":"Bond Street","walk":4,"lat":51.510745,"lng":-0.147667,"hours":[[10.0,21.0],[10.0,21.0],[10.0,21.0],[10.0,21.0],[10.0,21.0],[10.0,21.0],[12.0,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 12:00-18:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":null,"hours_checked":"2026-09-03","hours_extra":null,"website":"https://hedonism.co.uk","instagram":"hedonism_wines","maps_name":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["shop"],"runs":null,"scope":null,"verdict":"Six thousand wines in Mayfair, from \u00a310 to the price of a car.","note":"A shop that behaves like a cellar you have been let into: several thousand wines and spirits over two floors off Berkeley Square, verticals going back a century, magnums and jeroboams, and a fair amount you could actually afford next to the things you could not. Their own banner claims it is the best wine shop in the world, which is a large thing to say and not obviously wrong. Staff will talk to you at any budget.","note_links":null,"maps_q":"Hedonism Wines, 3-7 Davies Street, Mayfair, W1K 3DJ, London","in_area":{"slug":"mayfair","name":"Mayfair"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Gagosian Davies Street","s":"gagosian-davies-street","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":39},{"n":"Phillips","s":"phillips","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":56},{"n":"Gagosian Grosvenor Hill","s":"gagosian-grosvenor-hill","c":"art","cn":"Art","m":70}],"near_same":[{"s":"noble-rot-mayfair","m":477},{"s":"antidote-wine-bar","m":697},{"s":"berry-bros-rudd","m":902},{"s":"noble-rot-soho","m":1225},{"s":"the-10-cases","m":1670},{"s":"gordons-wine-bar","m":1695}]},{"slug":"highbury-vintners","name":"Highbury Vintners","area":"Highbury","address":"Highbury Park, N5 1UA","station":"Drayton Park","walk":8,"lat":51.555718,"lng":-0.098109,"hours":[[11.0,20.0],[11.0,20.0],[11.0,20.0],[11.0,20.0],[11.0,20.0],[11.0,20.0],[12.0,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Sa 11:00-20:00; Su 12:00-18:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":null,"hours_checked":"2026-09-03","hours_extra":null,"website":"https://highburyvintners.co.uk/","instagram":"highburyvintners","maps_name":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["shop"],"runs":null,"scope":null,"verdict":"A proper local wine shop, open until eight every day.","note":"An independent on Highbury Park that has been quietly getting it right for years: a broad range at sane prices, well-chosen rather than long, and staff who will steer you. Open to eight Monday to Saturday, as a neighbourhood merchant should be.","note_links":null,"maps_q":"Highbury Vintners, Highbury Park, N5 1UA, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Abra\u00e7o Finsbury Park","s":"abraco-finsbury-park","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":673},{"n":"Arsenal Football Club Museum","s":"arsenal-football-club-museum","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":701},{"n":"Blighty","s":"blighty","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":971}],"near_same":[{"s":"the-sampler","m":1473},{"s":"newcomer-wines","m":1918},{"s":"theatre-of-wine-tufnell-park","m":2758},{"s":"sager-wilde","m":3291},{"s":"passione-vino","m":3608},{"s":"noble-rot","m":4022}]},{"slug":"lant-street-wine","name":"Lant Street Wine","area":"Borough","address":"59-61 Lant Street, Borough, SE1 1QN","station":"Borough","walk":1,"lat":51.500794,"lng":-0.094465,"hours":[[12.0,17.0],[12.0,18.0],[12.0,18.0],[12.0,22.5],[12.0,22.5],[12.0,18.0],null],"hours_raw":"Mo 12:00-17:00; Tu-We 12:00-18:00; Th-Fr 12:00-22:30; Sa 12:00-18:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://lantstreetwine.com/information/contact","hours_checked":"2026-09-03","hours_extra":null,"website":"https://lantstreetwine.com","instagram":"lant.street.wine","maps_name":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["shop","winebar"],"runs":null,"scope":null,"verdict":"A former cork factory off Borough High Street, stocked from family estates.","note":"Shop, bar and wholesaler in the rooms of a 19th-century cork factory a minute from Borough station. The buying is built on long relationships with family-run estates rather than on labels, and the range runs from fifteen-pound bottles you would happily drink on a Tuesday up to the serious end. Thursday and Friday it stays open late enough to be a bar rather than an errand.","note_links":null,"maps_q":"Lant Street Wine, 59-61 Lant Street, Borough, SE1 1QN, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"St John Bakery","s":"st-john-bakery-the-borough","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":137},{"n":"Marshalsea wall & St George the Martyr","s":"marshalsea-prison-wall","c":"literary","cn":"Literary London","m":221},{"n":"Terry's Cafe","s":"terrys-cafe","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":270}],"near_same":[{"s":"the-boot-flogger","m":383},{"s":"diogenes-the-dog","m":1059},{"s":"40-maltby-street","m":1277},{"s":"lower","m":1284},{"s":"uncorked","m":1869},{"s":"gordons-wine-bar","m":2176}]},{"slug":"lower","name":"Lower","area":"Waterloo","address":"19 Lower Marsh, Waterloo, SE1 7QL","station":"Lambeth North","walk":2,"lat":51.500602,"lng":-0.113014,"hours":[null,[17.0,22.5],[17.0,22.5],[17.0,22.5],[15.0,22.5],[15.0,22.5],null],"hours_raw":"Tu-Th 17:00-22:30; Fr-Sa 15:00-22:30","hours_source":"web","hours_url":null,"hours_checked":"2026-09-03","hours_extra":null,"website":"https://www.lowerwine.com/","instagram":null,"maps_name":null,"attrs":["outdoor"],"osm":null,"types":["shop","tastings","winebar"],"runs":null,"scope":null,"verdict":"A Lower Marsh wine bar with a working cellar shop underneath it.","note":"A small neighbourhood bar on Lower Marsh with a cellar shop attached, so the same bottles are there to drink in or carry out; the by-the-glass and bottle lists are long and the food is a short blackboard menu. The cellar can be booked for group tastings. Five minutes from the Old Vic, the Young Vic, the National and the BFI, which makes it a rare good pre-theatre option on that side of the river.\n\nMostly walk-ins - they hold back most tables and take only a couple of bookings a night. The cellar shop keeps slightly longer hours than the bar, from 14:00 Tuesday to Saturday. Closed Sunday and Monday. 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Bar and retail in the same room, so you can drink a bottle at the counter or take it home.","note_links":null,"maps_q":"Newcomer Wines, 5 Dalston Lane, E8 3DF, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Arcola Theatre","s":"arcola-theatre","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":69},{"n":"Caf\u00e9 OTO","s":"cafe-oto","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":69},{"n":"The Roses of Elagabalus","s":"the-roses-of-elagabalus","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":94}],"near_same":[{"s":"sager-wilde","m":1748},{"s":"highbury-vintners","m":1918},{"s":"the-sampler","m":1977},{"s":"bottle-apostle-victoria-park","m":2320},{"s":"passione-vino","m":2452},{"s":"renegade-wine-bar","m":2494}]},{"slug":"noble-rot","name":"Noble Rot","area":"Bloomsbury","address":"51 Lamb's Conduit Street, WC1N 3NB","station":"Russell Square","walk":5,"lat":51.52188,"lng":-0.118695,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_url":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_extra":null,"website":"https://noblerot.co.uk","instagram":"noblerotmag","maps_name":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["winebar"],"runs":null,"scope":null,"verdict":"The wine magazine's own bar, and the list reads like the magazine.","note":"Started as a wine magazine and became a restaurant, which is the right way round: the list is long, opinionated and full of things you will not have seen, with older burgundy and German riesling given more room than the fashion allows. The Lamb's Conduit Street room is dark and low and the food is properly good. Their own site describes the three sites - here, Soho and Mayfair - as award-winning restaurants. Book ahead.","note_links":null,"maps_q":"Noble Rot, 51 Lamb's Conduit Street, WC1N 3NB, London","in_area":{"slug":"bloomsbury","name":"Bloomsbury"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Lamb's Conduit Street","s":"lambs-conduit-street","c":"beautiful-streets","cn":"Beautiful Streets","m":45},{"n":"Redemption Roasters","s":"redemption-lambs-conduit","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":70},{"n":"Conway Hall","s":"conway-hall","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":226}],"near_same":[{"s":"the-10-cases","m":926},{"s":"noble-rot-soho","m":1167},{"s":"gordons-wine-bar","m":1586},{"s":"antidote-wine-bar","m":1662},{"s":"uncorked","m":2223},{"s":"berry-bros-rudd","m":2279}]},{"slug":"noble-rot-mayfair","name":"Noble Rot Mayfair","area":"Mayfair","address":"5 Trebeck Street, Mayfair, W1J 7LT","station":"Green Park","walk":4,"lat":51.506456,"lng":-0.14722,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_url":"https://noblerot.co.uk/restaurant/mayfair","hours_checked":null,"hours_extra":null,"website":"https://noblerot.co.uk/restaurant/mayfair","instagram":"noblerotmayfair","maps_name":null,"attrs":["walkin"],"osm":null,"types":["winebar"],"runs":null,"scope":null,"verdict":"The Shepherd Market one, and the only Noble Rot with a terrace you can walk into.","note":"Tucked into Shepherd Market, with the wine list Noble Rot's magazine built its name on. What this one has is the street-side terrace: drinks and the bar menu out there are walk-in only, from 12:00 until ten, so it is somewhere to turn up for a glass without a table booked.\n\nThe dining room runs Monday to Saturday, 12 to 2.30 and 6 to 9.30, reservations only. Closed Sunday.","note_links":null,"maps_q":"Noble Rot Mayfair, 5 Trebeck Street, Mayfair, W1J 7LT, London","in_area":{"slug":"mayfair","name":"Mayfair"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Kennel Club Dog Art Gallery","s":"kennel-club-dog-art-gallery","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":171},{"n":"Hidden London: Down Street \u2014 Churchill's secret station","s":"hidden-london-down-street-churchills-secret-station","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":191},{"n":"Guillam Mayfair","s":"guillam-mayfair","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":210}],"near_same":[{"s":"hedonism-wines","m":477},{"s":"berry-bros-rudd","m":650},{"s":"antidote-wine-bar","m":987},{"s":"noble-rot-soho","m":1447},{"s":"gordons-wine-bar","m":1644},{"s":"the-10-cases","m":1814}]},{"slug":"noble-rot-soho","name":"Noble Rot Soho","area":"Soho","address":"2 Greek Street, Soho, W1D 4NB","station":"Tottenham Court Road","walk":1,"lat":51.514861,"lng":-0.131242,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_url":"https://noblerot.co.uk/restaurant/soho","hours_checked":null,"hours_extra":null,"website":"https://noblerot.co.uk/restaurant/soho","instagram":"noblerotsoho","maps_name":null,"attrs":["booking"],"osm":null,"types":["winebar"],"runs":null,"scope":null,"verdict":"The Soho Noble Rot, in the old Gay Hussar \u2014 and the one you cannot drop into for a glass.","note":"Noble Rot took over the Gay Hussar's Greek Street rooms, kept the panelling and put one of London's best-read wine lists in them. The cooking is serious and the by-the-glass selection is unusually deep for a restaurant.\n\nWorth knowing before you walk over: unlike Lamb's Conduit Street, their own page says there is no wine bar here and they are licensed for full meals only, so it is lunch or dinner or nothing. Monday to Saturday, 12 to 2.30 and 5 to 9.30; closed Sunday.","note_links":null,"maps_q":"Noble Rot Soho, 2 Greek Street, Soho, W1D 4NB, London","in_area":{"slug":"soho","name":"Soho"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Milroy's","s":"milroys","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":5},{"n":"Chin Chin","s":"chin-chin","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":59},{"n":"Milk Beach Soho","s":"milk-beach-soho","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":70}],"near_same":[{"s":"the-10-cases","m":490},{"s":"antidote-wine-bar","m":533},{"s":"gordons-wine-bar","m":934},{"s":"berry-bros-rudd","m":1163},{"s":"noble-rot","m":1167},{"s":"hedonism-wines","m":1225}]},{"slug":"passione-vino","name":"Passione Vino","area":"Shoreditch","address":"85 Leonard Street, Shoreditch, EC2A 4QS","station":"Old Street","walk":5,"lat":51.524774,"lng":-0.08241,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_url":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_extra":"They list lunch from Wednesday to Friday and dinner through the week; check before travelling.","website":"https://passionevino.co.uk/","instagram":"passionevino","maps_name":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["shop","winebar"],"runs":null,"scope":null,"verdict":"Italian wine only, in a Shoreditch cellar, since 2003.","note":"An Italian specialist that has been on Leonard Street since 2003: a shop upstairs and a candlelit cellar below where you drink what you have just bought, with a plate of something to go with it. Regions and growers you will not find in a supermarket, and an owner who will happily talk you through all of them.","note_links":null,"maps_q":"Passione Vino, 85 Leonard Street, Shoreditch, EC2A 4QS, London","in_area":{"slug":"shoreditch-old-street","name":"Shoreditch & Old Street"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"The Curtain","s":"the-curtain","c":"literary","cn":"Literary London","m":155},{"n":"Alchemy Coffee","s":"alchemy-coffee","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":170},{"n":"The Theatre, Shoreditch","s":"the-theatre-shoreditch","c":"literary","cn":"Literary London","m":186}],"near_same":[{"s":"sager-wilde","m":930},{"s":"uncorked","m":974},{"s":"renegade-wine-bar","m":1804},{"s":"the-sampler","m":2452},{"s":"newcomer-wines","m":2452},{"s":"the-boot-flogger","m":2463}]},{"slug":"peckham-cellars","name":"Peckham Cellars","area":"Peckham","address":"125 Queens Road, Peckham, SE15 2ND","station":"Queens Road Peckham","walk":1,"lat":51.473391,"lng":-0.057481,"hours":[null,[17.5,23.0],[17.5,23.0],[17.5,23.0],[17.5,23.0],[13.0,23.0],null],"hours_raw":"Tu-Fr 17:30-23:00; Sa 13:00-23:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://peckhamcellars.co.uk/","hours_checked":"2026-09-03","hours_extra":null,"website":"https://peckhamcellars.co.uk/","instagram":"peckhamcellars","maps_name":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["shop","winebar"],"runs":null,"scope":null,"verdict":"Shop by day, proper kitchen by night, on Queens Road.","note":"A shop and bar in one room on Queens Road, run by people who came out of the London restaurant trade, so the food is a real menu rather than a board of cheese. Buy a bottle off the shelf at retail and drink it there for a small corkage, which is the arrangement every neighbourhood should have. Tuesday to Saturday only.","note_links":null,"maps_q":"Peckham Cellars, 125 Queens Road, Peckham, SE15 2ND, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Harold Moody","s":"harold-moody","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":231},{"n":"Frank's Cafe","s":"franks-cafe","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":701},{"n":"Peckham Levels","s":"peckham-levels","c":"food-markets","cn":"Food Markets","m":714}],"near_same":[{"s":"diogenes-the-dog","m":3076},{"s":"40-maltby-street","m":3189},{"s":"lant-street-wine","m":3980},{"s":"theatre-of-wine-greenwich","m":4183},{"s":"the-boot-flogger","m":4239},{"s":"lower","m":4892}]},{"slug":"renegade-urban-winery","name":"Renegade Urban Winery","area":"Walthamstow","address":"Unit 7, Lockwood Way, Walthamstow, E17 5RB","station":"Blackhorse Road","walk":12,"lat":51.595627,"lng":-0.041958,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_url":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_extra":null,"website":"https://www.renegadelondonwine.com","instagram":"renegadeurbanwinery","maps_name":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["tastings","winebar","winery"],"runs":null,"scope":null,"verdict":"A working winery on the Blackhorse Beer Mile, pouring what it has just made.","note":"The production side of Renegade: grapes come in from England and Europe and are made into wine here on Lockwood Way, with a tasting room among the tanks. Being on the Blackhorse Beer Mile makes it the odd one out on a street of breweries, and the easiest place in London to drink wine that was made in the postcode you are standing in.","note_links":null,"maps_q":"Renegade Urban Winery, Unit 7, Lockwood Way, Walthamstow, E17 5RB, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Signature Brew Blackhorse Road","s":"signature-brew-blackhorse-road","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":307},{"n":"Wood St. Coffee","s":"wood-st-coffee","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":478},{"n":"Lucky Yu Bakery","s":"lucky-yu-bakery","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":731}],"near_same":[{"s":"forest-wines","m":952},{"s":"gnarly-vines","m":2892},{"s":"highbury-vintners","m":5894},{"s":"newcomer-wines","m":5934},{"s":"bottle-apostle-victoria-park","m":6459},{"s":"the-sampler","m":7226}]},{"slug":"renegade-wine-bar","name":"Renegade Wine Bar","area":"Bethnal Green","address":"Arch 12, Gales Gardens, Bethnal Green, E2 0EJ","station":"Bethnal Green","walk":2,"lat":51.526982,"lng":-0.056563,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_url":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_extra":null,"website":"https://www.renegadelondonwine.com","instagram":"renegadeurbanwinery","maps_name":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["winebar","winery"],"runs":null,"scope":null,"verdict":"The railway-arch bar for London-made wine, under the Bethnal Green line.","note":"Renegade press and ferment grapes in London rather than importing finished bottles, and this Bethnal Green arch is where you drink the result \u2014 their own wines by the glass alongside guests, in a room that is unmistakably a railway arch. The winery itself has moved out to Walthamstow; this is the bar.","note_links":null,"maps_q":"Renegade Wine Bar, Arch 12, Gales Gardens, Bethnal Green, E2 0EJ, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Mother Kelly's","s":"mother-kellys","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":152},{"n":"All My Gods","s":"all-my-gods","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":169},{"n":"Backyard Comedy Club","s":"backyard-comedy-club","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":197}],"near_same":[{"s":"sager-wilde","m":1196},{"s":"bottle-apostle-victoria-park","m":1447},{"s":"passione-vino","m":1804},{"s":"uncorked","m":2440},{"s":"newcomer-wines","m":2494},{"s":"40-maltby-street","m":3378}]},{"slug":"ridgeview-vineyard","name":"Ridgeview Vineyard","area":"Ditchling, East Sussex","address":"Train from Victoria \u2014 About 50 minutes to Hassocks, then a five-minute taxi.","station":"Victoria","walk":1,"lat":51.495052,"lng":-0.144845,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_url":null,"website":"https://www.ridgeview.co.uk/","instagram":"ridgeviewwineuk","maps_name":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["tastings","vineyard"],"runs":null,"scope":"Train from Victoria","scope_icon":"train","verdict":"The sparkling house that has been beating Champagne in blind tastings for years.","note":"Ridgeview have been making traditional-method sparkling wine under the South Downs since 1995 and are among the handful of English producers with a genuinely international reputation. Tours take in the winery as well as the vines, and end where you would hope.\n\nHassocks is fifty minutes from Victoria, then a short taxi. Booking required.","note_links":null,"also_in":[{"name":"What\u2019s On","href":"/whats-on/ridgeview-vineyard/"}],"maps_q":"Ridgeview Vineyard, London","bank":1},{"slug":"sager-wilde","name":"Sager + Wilde","area":"Hackney","address":"Hackney Road, E2 8JL","station":"Hoxton","walk":3,"lat":51.530644,"lng":-0.072824,"hours":[[17.0,23.0],[17.0,23.0],[17.0,23.0],[17.0,24.0],[17.0,25.0],[14.0,25.0],[14.0,23.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-We 17:00-23:00; Th 17:00-24:00; Fr 17:00-01:00; Sa 14:00-01:00; Su 14:00-23:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":null,"hours_checked":"2026-09-03","hours_extra":null,"website":"https://www.sagerandwilde.com","instagram":"sagerandwilde","maps_name":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["winebar"],"runs":null,"scope":null,"verdict":"The bar that taught east London to drink good wine by the glass.","note":"A long marble counter on Hackney Road pouring things by the glass that most places would only sell by the bottle, at prices that were startling when it opened in 2013 and set the pattern for a decade of London wine bars. Toasties, small plates, and a room that fills from about seven. Open late Thursday to Saturday.","note_links":null,"also_in":[{"name":"Cocktails","href":"/cocktails/sager-wilde/"}],"maps_q":"Sager + Wilde, Hackney Road, E2 8JL, London","in_area":{"slug":"shoreditch-old-street","name":"Shoreditch & Old Street"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Alcotraz","s":"alcotraz","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":136},{"n":"Equal Parts","s":"equal-parts","c":"cocktails","cn":"Cocktails","m":237},{"n":"Lily Vanilli","s":"lily-vanilli","c":"desserts","cn":"Desserts & Gelato","m":258}],"near_same":[{"s":"passione-vino","m":930},{"s":"renegade-wine-bar","m":1196},{"s":"newcomer-wines","m":1748},{"s":"uncorked","m":1865},{"s":"bottle-apostle-victoria-park","m":2112},{"s":"the-sampler","m":2477}]},{"slug":"soif","name":"Soif","area":"Battersea","address":"Battersea Rise, SW11 1HG","station":"Clapham Junction","walk":7,"lat":51.460948,"lng":-0.164043,"hours":[[18.0,21.0],[18.0,23.0],[12.0,23.0],[12.0,23.0],[12.0,23.0],[12.0,23.0],[12.0,17.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo 18:00-21:00; Tu 18:00-23:00; We-Sa 12:00-23:00; Su 12:00-17:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":null,"hours_checked":"2026-09-03","hours_extra":null,"website":"https://www.soif.co","instagram":null,"maps_name":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["winebar"],"runs":null,"scope":null,"verdict":"A French bistro on Battersea Rise with the wine list doing the talking.","note":"Sister to Terroirs and Brawn, and the same idea: a bistro built around a list of grower and low-intervention wine rather than the other way round. Charcuterie and cheese between services, a proper kitchen either side of it. Their site notes the kitchen closes between 15:00 and 18:00 Wednesday to Saturday.","note_links":null,"maps_q":"Soif, Battersea Rise, SW11 1HG, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"August Bakery","s":"august-bakery","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":87},{"n":"Aux Merveilleux de Fred Northcote Road","s":"aux-merveilleux-de-fred-northcote-road","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":249},{"n":"Jack's at the Junction","s":"jacks-at-the-junction","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":379}],"near_same":[{"s":"blackbook-winery","m":1460},{"s":"noble-rot-mayfair","m":5248},{"s":"berry-bros-rudd","m":5249},{"s":"lower","m":5650},{"s":"hedonism-wines","m":5723},{"s":"gordons-wine-bar","m":5973}]},{"slug":"the-10-cases","name":"The 10 Cases","area":"Covent Garden","address":"16-18 Endell Street, Covent Garden, WC2H 9BD","station":"Covent Garden","walk":2,"lat":51.514285,"lng":-0.124212,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_url":"https://www.10cases.co.uk/","hours_checked":null,"hours_extra":null,"website":"https://www.10cases.co.uk/","instagram":"10cases","maps_name":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["winebar"],"runs":null,"scope":null,"verdict":"A Covent Garden bistrot \u00e0 vin that buys ten cases and moves on.","note":"The name is the method: they buy ten cases of a wine, pour it until it is gone and replace it with something else, so the list turns over constantly and nothing sits long enough to get stale. Modern Franco-European cooking alongside it, in a narrow room on Endell Street.\n\nOpen all day from 12:00 Monday to Saturday; closed Sunday. Their site gives no closing time, so it is not recorded here.","note_links":null,"maps_q":"The 10 Cases, 16-18 Endell Street, Covent Garden, WC2H 9BD, London","in_area":{"slug":"covent-garden","name":"Covent Garden"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Guinness Open Gate Brewery London","s":"guinness-open-gate-brewery-london","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":88},{"n":"Donmar Warehouse","s":"donmar-warehouse","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":114},{"n":"Copains Covent Garden","s":"copains-covent-garden","c":"bakeries","cn":"Bakeries","m":119}],"near_same":[{"s":"noble-rot-soho","m":490},{"s":"gordons-wine-bar","m":706},{"s":"noble-rot","m":926},{"s":"antidote-wine-bar","m":1002},{"s":"berry-bros-rudd","m":1383},{"s":"hedonism-wines","m":1670}]},{"slug":"the-boot-flogger","name":"The Boot & Flogger","area":"Borough","address":"10-20 Redcross Way, Borough, SE1 1TA","station":"Borough","walk":4,"lat":51.5042,"lng":-0.093551,"hours":[[12.0,22.0],[12.0,23.0],[12.0,23.0],[12.0,23.0],[12.0,23.0],[12.0,23.0],[12.0,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo 12:00-22:00; Tu-Sa 12:00-23:00; Su 12:00-18:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://www.davy.co.uk/wine-bar/boot-and-flogger/#opening-hours","hours_checked":"2026-09-03","hours_extra":null,"website":"https://www.davy.co.uk/wine-bar/boot-and-flogger/","instagram":"davysoflondon","maps_name":null,"attrs":["booking","outdoor"],"osm":null,"types":["tastings","winebar"],"runs":null,"scope":null,"verdict":"The original Davy's, trading on a wine-only licence since 1965.","note":"John Davy opened it in 1965 under the Free Vintners' licence, a right to sell wine that goes back to a charter of 1567, and it became the model for the London wine bar. The list comes from the family's own merchant cellars in Greenwich, with fine wines by the glass via Coravin and a fortified range that runs to vintage port, sherry and madeira. The food is classic British - meats, fish, a cheese selection and traditional puddings.\n\nA courtyard, four private rooms, and ticketed tastings through the year. Bookings taken.","note_links":null,"maps_q":"The Boot & Flogger, 10-20 Redcross Way, Borough, SE1 1TA, London","in_area":{"slug":"borough-bermondsey","name":"Borough & Bermondsey"},"bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Cross Bones Graveyard","s":"cross-bones-graveyard","c":"monuments","cn":"Monuments & Ruins","m":38},{"n":"Omeara","s":"omeara","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":73},{"n":"Lantana London Bridge","s":"lantana-london-bridge","c":"breakfast","cn":"Breakfast & Brunch","m":92}],"near_same":[{"s":"lant-street-wine","m":383},{"s":"40-maltby-street","m":1310},{"s":"lower","m":1405},{"s":"diogenes-the-dog","m":1422},{"s":"uncorked","m":1491},{"s":"gordons-wine-bar","m":2149}]},{"slug":"the-mount-vineyard","name":"The Mount Vineyard","area":"Shoreham, Kent","address":"Train from Blackfriars \u2014 About 45 minutes to Shoreham, then a 5-minute walk.","station":"Blackfriars","walk":1,"lat":51.510487,"lng":-0.103242,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_url":null,"website":"https://www.themountvineyard.co.uk/","instagram":"themountvineyardkent","maps_name":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["tastings","vineyard"],"runs":null,"scope":"Train from Blackfriars","scope_icon":"train","verdict":"A hidden village vineyard in the Darent valley, with a terrace to sit out on.","note":"A small hidden vineyard in the village of Shoreham in the Darent valley, close enough to Shoreham station that you are among the vines within five minutes of stepping off the train \u2014 the least effort of any vineyard here. Tastings, a terrace and a garden to sit in.\n\nAbout three quarters of an hour from Blackfriars on the Thameslink.","note_links":null,"also_in":[{"name":"What\u2019s On","href":"/whats-on/the-mount-vineyard/"}],"maps_q":"The Mount Vineyard, London","bank":null},{"slug":"the-sampler","name":"The Sampler","area":"Islington","address":"266 Upper Street, Islington, N1 2UQ","station":"Highbury & Islington","walk":5,"lat":51.542795,"lng":-0.102857,"hours":[[11.5,19.0],[11.5,19.0],[11.5,19.0],[11.5,21.0],[11.5,21.0],[11.5,21.0],[11.5,19.0]],"hours_raw":"Su-We 11:30-19:00; Th-Sa 11:30-21:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":null,"hours_checked":"2026-09-03","hours_extra":null,"website":"https://thesampler.co.uk/","instagram":"samplerwine","maps_name":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["shop","tastings"],"runs":null,"scope":null,"verdict":"Eighty wines open at once, poured by the machine in whatever measure you like.","note":"The shop that brought sampling machines to London: dozens of bottles held under argon and dispensed by the taste, so you can try a \u00a3200 barolo for a couple of pounds before deciding, or work through eight rieslings in an afternoon. Load a card, help yourself, buy what you liked. The single most useful wine shop in the city for anybody trying to learn what they actually enjoy.","note_links":null,"maps_q":"The Sampler, 266 Upper Street, Islington, N1 2UQ, London","in_area":{"slug":"angel-islington","name":"Angel & Islington"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Islington Assembly Hall","s":"islington-assembly-hall","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":141},{"n":"Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art","s":"estorick-collection-of-modern-italian-art","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":207},{"n":"Union Chapel","s":"union-chapel","c":"venues","cn":"Performance venues","m":220}],"near_same":[{"s":"highbury-vintners","m":1473},{"s":"newcomer-wines","m":1977},{"s":"passione-vino","m":2452},{"s":"sager-wilde","m":2477},{"s":"noble-rot","m":2570},{"s":"theatre-of-wine-tufnell-park","m":3036}]},{"slug":"the-winery","name":"The Winery","area":"Maida Vale","address":"4 Clifton Road, Maida Vale, W9 1SS","station":"Warwick Avenue","walk":6,"lat":51.525919,"lng":-0.178892,"hours":[[11.0,20.0],[11.0,20.0],[11.0,20.0],[11.0,20.0],[11.0,20.0],[11.0,20.0],[12.0,20.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Sa 11:00-20:00; Su 12:00-20:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":"https://www.thewineryuk.com/contact/","hours_checked":"2026-09-03","hours_extra":null,"website":"https://www.thewineryuk.com/","instagram":"thewineryuk","maps_name":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["shop"],"runs":null,"scope":null,"verdict":"A Clifton Road merchant with one of London's deepest German and Californian benches.","note":"An independent merchant on the Clifton Road parade that has built a reputation on the regions other shops under-buy \u2014 German riesling above all, alongside a serious Californian and Burgundian selection. Open until eight every day of the week, which for a merchant of this seriousness is unusual. There is a second shop in Fulham.","note_links":null,"maps_q":"The Winery, 4 Clifton Road, Maida Vale, W9 1SS, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"David Ben-Gurion","s":"david-ben-gurion","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":327},{"n":"Alan Turing's birthplace, Warrington Crescent","s":"alan-turings-birthplace-warrington-crescent","c":"science","cn":"Science & Engineering","m":423},{"n":"Marylebone Cricket Club Museum","s":"marylebone-cricket-club-museum","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":476}],"near_same":[{"s":"hedonism-wines","m":2741},{"s":"noble-rot-mayfair","m":3080},{"s":"antidote-wine-bar","m":3104},{"s":"noble-rot-soho","m":3518},{"s":"berry-bros-rudd","m":3642},{"s":"the-10-cases","m":3998}]},{"slug":"theatre-of-wine-greenwich","name":"Theatre of Wine, Greenwich","area":"Greenwich","address":"75 Trafalgar Road, Greenwich, SE10 9TS","station":"Maze Hill","walk":3,"lat":51.48393,"lng":0.000514,"hours":[[10.0,21.0],[10.0,21.0],[10.0,21.0],[10.0,21.0],[10.0,21.0],[10.0,21.0],[12.0,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 12:00-18:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":null,"hours_checked":"2026-09-03","hours_extra":null,"website":"https://www.theatreofwine.com/pages/our-stores","instagram":"theatreofwine","maps_name":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["shop","tastings"],"runs":null,"scope":null,"verdict":"A Greenwich merchant that opens until nine and runs tastings all year.","note":"The original of three, and an unusually good general merchant: growers rather than brands, staff who taste everything they stock, and a tasting programme running through the year. Open to nine every day but Sunday, which for a wine shop is close to unheard of and makes it the answer to a late dinner invitation.","note_links":null,"maps_q":"Theatre of Wine, Greenwich, 75 Trafalgar Road, Greenwich, SE10 9TS, London","bank":0,"near_all":[{"n":"Queen's House","s":"queens-house","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":424},{"n":"Old Royal Naval College","s":"old-royal-naval-college","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":487},{"n":"National Maritime Museum","s":"national-maritime-museum","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":538}],"near_same":[{"s":"peckham-cellars","m":4183},{"s":"40-maltby-street","m":5584},{"s":"diogenes-the-dog","m":6396},{"s":"renegade-wine-bar","m":6411},{"s":"lant-street-wine","m":6837},{"s":"the-boot-flogger","m":6891}]},{"slug":"theatre-of-wine-tufnell-park","name":"Theatre of Wine, Tufnell Park","area":"Tufnell Park","address":"124 Junction Road, Tufnell Park, N19 5LB","station":"Tufnell Park","walk":4,"lat":51.559547,"lng":-0.137537,"hours":[[11.0,19.0],[11.0,19.0],[11.0,19.0],[10.0,21.0],[10.0,21.0],[10.0,21.0],[12.0,18.0]],"hours_raw":"Mo-We 11:00-19:00; Th-Sa 10:00-21:00; Su 12:00-18:00","hours_source":"web","hours_url":null,"hours_checked":"2026-09-03","hours_extra":null,"website":"https://www.theatreofwine.com/pages/our-stores","instagram":"theatreofwine","maps_name":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["shop","tastings"],"runs":null,"scope":null,"verdict":"The north London branch, same growers, same tastings.","note":"Theatre of Wine's Junction Road shop, carrying the same grower-led range as Greenwich with its own tasting programme. Late opening Thursday to Saturday. There is a third branch in Blackheath.","note_links":null,"maps_q":"Theatre of Wine, Tufnell Park, 124 Junction Road, Tufnell Park, N19 5LB, London","bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Kwame Nkrumah","s":"kwame-nkrumah","c":"world","cn":"The World in London","m":498},{"n":"The Southampton Arms","s":"the-southampton-arms","c":"beer","cn":"Beer","m":713},{"n":"Highgate Cemetery","s":"highgate-cemetery","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":1019}],"near_same":[{"s":"highbury-vintners","m":2758},{"s":"the-sampler","m":3036},{"s":"noble-rot","m":4386},{"s":"newcomer-wines","m":4578},{"s":"the-winery","m":4707},{"s":"noble-rot-soho","m":4987}]},{"slug":"uncorked","name":"Uncorked","area":"The City","address":"22 Copthall Avenue, EC2R 7DN","station":"Liverpool Street","walk":2,"lat":51.516645,"lng":-0.08768,"hours":[[9.0,18.5],[9.0,18.5],[9.0,18.5],[9.0,18.5],[9.0,18.5],null,null],"hours_raw":"Mo-Fr 09:00-18:30","hours_source":"web","hours_url":null,"hours_checked":"2026-09-03","hours_extra":null,"website":"https://www.uncorked.co.uk","instagram":null,"maps_name":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["shop"],"runs":null,"scope":null,"verdict":"A City basement stacked with claret, hidden under Copthall Avenue.","note":"A fine wine merchant in a basement off Moorgate, dealing mainly in Bordeaux and Burgundy and in business long enough to know its customers by name. They publish a press quote calling it the best independent wine merchant in London and likely in all of England. City hours: their site lists Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 18:30, so it is not a weekend errand.","note_links":null,"maps_q":"Uncorked, 22 Copthall Avenue, EC2R 7DN, London","in_area":{"slug":"the-city","name":"The City"},"bank":1,"near_all":[{"n":"Rosslyn Coffee","s":"rosslyn","c":"coffee","cn":"Coffee","m":146},{"n":"Hidden London: Moorgate \u2014 Metropolitan maze","s":"hidden-london-moorgate-metropolitan-maze","c":"whats-on","cn":"What\u2019s On","m":202},{"n":"Bank of England Museum","s":"bank-of-england-museum","c":"museums","cn":"Museums","m":272}],"near_same":[{"s":"passione-vino","m":974},{"s":"the-boot-flogger","m":1491},{"s":"sager-wilde","m":1865},{"s":"lant-street-wine","m":1869},{"s":"40-maltby-street","m":2157},{"s":"noble-rot","m":2223}]},{"slug":"wildwood-vineyard","name":"Wildwood Vineyard","area":"Eridge, East Sussex","address":"Train from London Bridge \u2014 About an hour to Eridge, then a 15-minute walk.","station":"London Bridge","walk":1,"lat":51.504876,"lng":-0.085147,"hours":null,"hours_raw":null,"hours_source":null,"hours_checked":null,"hours_url":null,"website":"https://www.wildwoodvineyard.co.uk/","instagram":"wildwood_vineyard","maps_name":null,"attrs":[],"osm":null,"types":["tastings","vineyard"],"runs":null,"scope":"Train from London Bridge","scope_icon":"train","verdict":"Off-grid, family-run, and small enough that the owner may show you round himself.","note":"A small off-grid vineyard outside Eridge, planted in 2016 and run by the family who own it \u2014 on a quiet day that means Paul walking you through the vines himself. Tours and guided tastings are modestly priced and deliberately unhurried. Winner of the 2025 Tunbridge Wells Business Awards for food and drink.\n\nAn hour from London Bridge to Eridge, then a fifteen-minute walk. Check they are open before you set out; it is a small operation.","note_links":null,"also_in":[{"name":"What\u2019s On","href":"/whats-on/wildwood-vineyard/"}],"maps_q":"Wildwood Vineyard, London","bank":0}]}