London Wine Week

The weather's warming, the wisteria's out and spring is finally, truly in the air. Surely, it's time for a nice sit-down and a glass of wine? So – thank goodness for London Wine Week, which arrives from the 14 may for a seven day summer festival happening across the capital.

There’s no one way to enjoy wine, and it comes in many forms during London Wine Week. Every day until the 20 May, Festival Pass holders expect to find wine-soaked events – from pop-up bars to al fresco parties, tastings and dinners galore – plus over 125 of the very best bars are throwing open their doors and creating £5 fights of wine (a mini tasting of three wines, for those uninitiated with the lingo) and tasty ‘sip & snack’ dishes paired with certain wines. Loads of our favourite bars are participating – think Sager & Wilde, Vinoteca, Vagabond and Bedales.

Joyously, you don’t even need to bother with the faff of tickets – just download the free DrinkUp.London app (download here) and buy your £10 Festival Pass, which is then valid all week to claim your £5 Wine Flights or ‘slip & snack’ offers in participating bars. Couldn’t be easier.

Culture Whisper Gold Members can claim a free pair of tickets to London Wine Week and will then be sent two unique codes which can then be activated and personalised on the free DrinkUp.London app (on on the website if you don’t have a smartphone). Once your pass is up and running, you can enjoy £5 wine flights in all participating bars – click here to see the full list of venues.