London 2.5 Hour History Of Wine Tour

I'm Freddie, a wine aficionado, history graduate and professional storyteller! After working in the wine trade and hospitality for several years, running walking tours in London on the side for other companies I decided to combine my two passions together.
Join me on a stroll through the West End to discover just how Britain changed the world of wine. From the Knights' Templar to the Napoleonic Wars with lashings of Claret and Port along the way (so long as you pass it correctly!)

Stopping off en route at several iconic landmarks for a social history of how the other half drink...Refreshing ourselves at the more affordable drinking dens as we discover just how and why a beer-loving nation, incapable of growing their own vines, became so obsessed with wine...

Meeting Point

Embankment

London WC2N 6NS, UK

There are two exits to Embankment Station and we will meet outside the Villiers Street exit.

What's included:

• Professional Tour Guide

What to expect:

Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes

Gordons Wine bar

47 Villiers Street, London, WC2N 6NE

The city's oldest wine bar in the heart of London. You will discover the famous residents who have lived here over the years and be able to enjoy a glass of sherry port with a cheese board whilst soaking up the atmosphere.

40 minutes

Victoria Embankment Gardens

58 Victoria Embankment, Temple Place, London, EC4Y 0DS

Completed in 1870 the Embankment gardens offer a beautiful walkway parallel to the Thames in a park filled with sculptures, flowers and sights along the London skyline.

Pass by without stopping

The Savoy

London

The Savoy, internationally renowned hotel, restaurant and bar- always at the forefront of Modern leisure and living. Frequented by Oscar Wilde and Winston Churchill and run by embezzlers and experts and degustation. To find out more join me on the London Wine Detour!

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Fleet Street

Fleet St, , London, EC4

Journalists, Actors, Barristers and Students - but all of them drinkers. We'll go for a stroll down the street of shame in search of the best hidden wine dens this side of London...

2 hours