{"id":6861,"date":"2012-09-24T08:13:42","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T13:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=6861"},"modified":"2012-09-24T08:13:42","modified_gmt":"2012-09-24T13:13:42","slug":"londons-vinopolis-offers-a-new-tasting-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/24\/londons-vinopolis-offers-a-new-tasting-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"London&#8217;s Vinopolis Offers a New Tasting Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6865\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/vinopolis11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6865\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6865\" title=\"Vinopolis in 2007\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/vinopolis11-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6865\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vinopolis in 2007<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Back in 2007, we had the opportunity to visit and write about our visit to Vinopolis in London. (See <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/learning\/vinopolis.php\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Vinopolis article<\/span><\/a><\/span>.) This past summer Vinopolis has been working to revitalize. The facility reopens in October. Vinopolis is located on 2\u00bd acres under the arches of an old railroad viaduct. It&#8217;s an amazing space and put to good use.<\/p>\n<p>Vinopolis, a wine experience facility, \u00a0is located within walking distance from\u00a0 Shakespeare\u2019s Globe Theatre, The Tate Modern and Borough Market.<\/p>\n<p>Vinopolis offers\u00a0 a wide range of\u00a0 activities including wine tours, tasting events, special events and restaurants. Two shops at Vinopolis are The Whiskey Exchange and\u00a0Laithwaites Wines. Restaurants include Cantina Vinopolis, Wine Wharf and Brew Wharf.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors can choose from three wine experiences: Essential Wine Experience, Classic Wine Experience and the Quintessential Wine Experience.<\/p>\n<p>Monthly events include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Welcome to Wine<\/li>\n<li>Premium Wine<\/li>\n<li>Food &amp; Wine<\/li>\n<li>Cheese &amp; Wine<\/li>\n<li>Cocktail Masterclass<\/li>\n<li>Whisky Masterlass<\/li>\n<li>Fortified Wine Masterclass<\/li>\n<li>Tom\u2019s Wine School<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Special events to watch for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Meet the Expert: Oz Clarke<\/li>\n<li>Vinopolis Hen Parties<\/li>\n<li>Vinopolis Stag Parties<\/li>\n<li>Special Dinners<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are \u00a0planning a visit to London, check out <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vinopolis.co.uk\/tourshome\/index.php\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Vinopolis<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers, Kathy<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"London's Vinopolis Offers a New Tasting Experience\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=6861\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vinopolis, a wine experience facility,  is located within walking distance from  Shakespeare\u2019s Globe Theatre, The Tate Modern and Borough Market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156],"tags":[2713,878,2712,876],"class_list":["post-6861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-taste-of-wine","tag-laithwaites","tag-london","tag-the-whiskey-exchange","tag-vinopolis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6861"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6867,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6861\/revisions\/6867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}