Partners

 We are thrilled to announce Canard-Duchêne as our new official champagne sponsor. Canard-Duchêne plays a key role at Vinopolis by hosting the Champagne Bar in the new tasting experience. A welcome addition, the historic and prestigious brand brings with it a leading reputation as one of France’s most esteemed champagne brands, with a strong ethic for sustainable development and environmental protection.  Now owned by the family-run Thiénot Group, Canard-Duchêne has been producing high quality champagnes for nearly 150 years.

Be sure to stop by and try some stunning Canard-Duchêne classics in the Champagne Bar, including Cuvée Léonie Brut NV, Authentic Rosé NV and Authentic Vintage 2005.  And if you’re ever in the Champagne region itself they welcome visitors to their cellars, just reserve a place online http://www.canard-duchene.fr/#/en/visiting-ludes.

Visit Canard-Duchêne’s website. 

Offering modern luxury with high quality cruises across the world, Celebrity Cruises is a well-reputed cruise operator that puts its customers at the heart of every trip. With their introduction of wine immersion cruises designed for holiday makers with a passion for wine, Vinopolis has teamed up with Celebrity Cruises to share this knowledge and wine enthusiasm. Our resident wine expert, Tom Forrest, and Vinopolis regular, Oz Clarke, will join one of these cruises this October, where they will be following the grape harvest in France, Spain and Portugal, hosting tastings and masterclasses on board as well as leading exclusive excursions.

Visit the Celebrity Cruise website or join them on Twitter. 

 We’re delighted to house Greenbox Drinks Ltd as part of our new boutique Spirits Lounge offering two vodkas to get your taste buds tingling. Greenbox Drinks Ltd are the innovative company behind Bloodshot Vodka Spirit and Element 29 Vodka. Both brands are proudly created in England from British sourced produce, with a keen focus on environmental production and packaging.

Produced from the finest wheat harvests in England, notably on the Norfolk and Suffolk borders, Element 29 vodka takes pride in its focus on environmentally friendly packaging, supplied in a refillable format that reduces packaging by 95%, cutting transport weight by 45% and volume by 63%.

Visit the Element 29 website or join them on Twitter.

 

Bloodshot Vodka is a fusion of exotic spices, hot peppers and heady aromatics. The ideal ingredient for the perfect Bloody Mary, it is an eclectic spirit that combines intensely savoury and spicy flavours with a delicate complexity and smooth, long finish.

Visit the Bloodshot website or join them on Twitter or Facebook.

A fantastic addition to our new boutique Spirits Lounge, La Fée Absinthe is the brand that made the historic drink accessible again, bringing the trend back to the modern world and highlighting the rich history into the green fairy’s past!  Drop by the spirits lounge for a demonstration of the best way to serve absinthe and be sure to try samples of anything from La Fée Absinthe Blanche and La Fée Absinthe Parisienne to La Fée XS Absinthe Suisse or La Fée Absinthe Française.

Visit the La Fée website or join them on Twitter or Facebook. 

Excited by the growing reputation of English wines, we are hugely proud to partner with award-winning Nyetimber English Sparkling Wine, offering an outstanding selection of sparkling wines from their vineyards in West Sussex and Hampshire.  A true pioneer, Nyetimber was the first producer of English Sparkling Wine to craft wines made exclusively from the three celebrated varieties found in Champagne – Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay.

In 1988, Nyetimber planted its first vines and today, the House is regarded as one of England’s finest wine producers. Using one hundred percent estate-grown grapes and ensuring the greatest care, attention and expertise from vine to bottles, Chief Executive Eric Heerema and winemaker Cherie Spriggs are committed to producing wines of a Grande Marque standard.

Nyetimber plays a key role in the new Discovery Zone at Vinopolis, where you can taste delicious samples of 3 of their wines: Classic Cuvee 2008, Blanc de Blancs 2003 and Rosé 2008. Nyetimber’s acclaim and high reputation serve to demonstrate the quality and dedication now being consistently produced in England – just try it and see!

Visit the Nyetimber website.

Arguably one of London’s most famous landmarks and an iconic feature to the city skyline, The EDF Energy London Eye is a must for most visitors to the capital and what better way to admire the city from such a height, than with a glass of wine in hand.

Vinopolis works in partnership with The EDF Energy London Eye to deliver bespoke wine and champagne tasting packages for private groups within the Vinopolis Wine Tasting capsule, a true treat.

For more info and to book, please proceed to the TEDFLE website. 

Produced in England, inspired by Africa…we’re delighted to have Whitley Neill Gin on board in our snug boutique Spirits Lounge. If you like a drop of gin, be sure to have a taste of this brand, an exceptional dry gin combined with a variety of flavoursome botanicals including the fruit of Africa’s Baobab tree (The ‘Tree of Life’), its signature botanical. The mix of traditional British gin with exotic African flavours makes Whitley Neill’s Gin a truly special brand and one that is certainly worth a try.

Visit Whitley Neill’s website or join them on Twitter and Facebook.

Step into Wines of Georgia in the Discovery Zone to taste delicious samples of the many different wines that Georgia has to offer.  Using a unique fermentation process, Georgian wines are fermented in jar-like vessels made of clay and lined with beeswax rather than in oak barrels, giving those who are used to wine from oak barrels a completely new tasting experience.   Wine-making in this stunning country is more than just a celebration, it is a statement of identity and an attachment to the land, demonstrating a deep cultural heritage and past that cannot be missed.