English Wine and English Whisky – a walk-around tasting

Name: English Wine and English Whisky – a walk-around tasting
Start: 2026-06-25T19:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-06-25T21:30:00+01:00
Location: Cap Classique Versus The World

Cap Classique Versus The World

Time7:30pm

DateThu 25 Jun

Price£11

Late June is English Wine Week and we’re celebrating by raising a glass, or two, of some of our favourites and comparing them to another nascent English drink – whisky. This tasting on 25 June at our London Bridge store will bring together wines from charming Rathfinny, elegant Langham and forceful Gusbourne. The English wine scene is in a thrilling place right with producers hitting their stride, vineyards are now bedded down, expertise is on the up and the wines have never tasted better. Once the butt of a Scotsman’s joke, English whisky is on the up. Producers like Filey Bay, East London Liquor Co and Wire Works are pushing the limits on flavour and creating whiskies that surprise and delight us. There’s plenty to compare across these two categories, there’s obvious things like wood management and yeast strains but then there’s a bigger question that both are answering: how do you start an industry from scratch? These more informal walk-around tastings are a chance to sample a wide range of wines and talk more casually with the people behind them. Guests at this tasting will get a £5 discount on the night on any purchase in store over £15. Doors will open at 7:30pm and last pours will be called at 9:15pm. The store will remain open until 9:30pm to finish a final sample and for our customers to make any purchases.

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