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Watch and listen to my thoughts on Vinopolis London: a great afternoon or evening out learning about and tasting wine and champagne. My impressions and thoughts along with some photos and images from the venue. For more on travel visit my site at http://www.TipsForTravellers.com
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I'd heard a bit about vinopolis in
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London but had never thought about going
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there hi I'm Gary benridge and this is
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tips for travelers the global travel
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destination podcast theopolis in my mind
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was a place for either real wine Buffs
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or drunken hen or stag parties while
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both of these may be true it was a very
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pleasant experience when I went even for
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me a small time Drinker now this is how
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vopos describe themselves on their
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website they say experience a world of
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Wine and Food on our wine tasting tours
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and special tasting events learn the
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secrets of wine beer and Spirits in a
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fun sociable and modern environment
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treat your taste buds to a range of
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wines drink beer from the micr brewery
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indulge in a Bombay safire cocktail try
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Nicholas filat Champagnes in our
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Nicholas filate Champagne Bar or even an
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authentic Caribbean rum or whiskey
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tasting in the still room comprised of
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themed sections representing the main
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wine producing regions of the world the
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wine tour offer a unique opportunity to
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explore wines and spirits of the world
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all Under One Roof all tour ticket
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prices also includes a Bombay Sapphire
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cocktail in the Bombay Sapphire Blue
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Room and as these various images show it
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is a very massive diverse and
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experiential place in fact it is an
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incredibly vast complex we were given a
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trip to vopos in London as a Christmas
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gift and what a great few hours it
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turned out to be you can buy various
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packages including hen and stag dos and
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special evenings the various packages
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give you varying numbers of tickets to
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try wines champagne and rum at the
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different sections and themed areas
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around the sprawling complex you also
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get a Bombay sappire drink at the end
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you start the journey with a talk and
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demonstration about how to taste wine
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then you're off on your own to explore
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for as long or as short as you want
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you're also given a tasting notes
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booklet so you can make a note of the
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wines you like and there is a lath
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weight store within the complex you can
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buy them or in fact you can actually go
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online and buy bu the wines afterwards
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the various sections include the
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champagne room the Old World Wines room
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with premium wines as well an Italian
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section with scooters that show videos
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of the region on the wind screen the new
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wine room features areas such as South
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Africa and Chile and there's a rum
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tasting bar a whiskey tasting bar
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there's also a whiskey Exchange store
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and as I mentioned earlier the huge lath
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weight shop around the complex there are
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water stations to rent your glass and to
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drink water of course they sell tapus in
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one room there's also a stunning and
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very trendy Bombay Sapphire exhibit and
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cocktail bar of course with the volume
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of wines you taste if you swallow you
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will get a bit merry overall I was very
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impressed and found out a great few
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hours if you visit their site at
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vinopolis do.uk you can find out more
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that's v i n o p o l i s. co.uk and of
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course you can visit my blog at tipsfor
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travelers.com which is all one word and
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travelers is spelled in two L's so until
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next time happy travels
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