Sample the wines at Bottle Apostle

Day two of Hackney week, and it's time for a look at Bottle Apostle, a fantastic little wine shop, offering all sorts of wines and beers, as well as wine tasting courses, a supper club and other events.


Try-before-you-buy wine sampling is available whenever the shop is open, with a wide range of wines available to taste, courtesy of the shop's self-service Enomatic machines, which dispense wine directly from the bottle (for a small fee of between 43p and £4ish).

Upcoming events include a tasting session covering the Fine Wines of Western Australia, an Oyster Night, an introduction to Champagne, and - in May - a six week wine course, which costs £225. They also do beers from Meantime in Greenwich for just over £2 and a decent bottle of Prosecco for about a tenner.

Bottle Apostle is on Lauriston Road in Hackney, For more information, visit http://www.bottleapostle.com/

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