Wednesday, 3 April 2013

WOW for WoW!!! (The Sampler)



Back in January, we had a night of wine and food at The Sampler in South Kensington and what a great place.  I found this place by accident when Dave and I took Sam to the Natural History Museum and thought we’d give it a try.

With a fantastic wine list, accompanied by an assortment of French style snacks (cheese, meats, pate, etc) and a basement seating area, I can’t recommend this place highly enough.  There’s no wine list as such as it is a wine shop at ground floor and any wine can be bought to drink downstairs with a £7.50 corkage fee.  In addition to this, they also have a number of tasting machines, with 80 different wines to try, including an “icon” which includes 8 iconic wines to try.
From the machines I tried a glass of The Cream by First Drop, a top shelf shiraz from the Barossa.  We also had a bottle of Bramare Malbec from Argentina, a large Italian Barbera and an equally enjoyable Amorone.

All I can say is, next chance you get, check this place out for an evening, hugely enjoyable!

Cheers,
John.

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