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When it comes to drinking, London is not all gin and ale. For proof, there's Vinopolis, a multimedia wine museum on the south side of the city. It's a place bustling with energy from lectures on food-and-wine pairings and interactive exhibits on world wines from Hungarian sweet Tokay to Beaujolais and beyond. And you'll learn all sorts of fun facts--for example, that there are more than 400 wineries in Britain and that China, known for plum and rice wines, is now producing grape-based ones. And, of course, you'll have a chance...
...snacks, bypass the on-premises restaurants and duck outside. Just up the twisty lane is a local outpost of Neal's Yard Dairy, the stunning cheese shops specializing in small producers in Britain. Adjacent to Neal's is Monmouth Coffee. And for great wine-and-food pairings, head back over the river to ritzy Knightsbridge...
Fifth Floor, the posh restaurant in Harvey Nichols (the like-Harrods-but-hipper store), serves sophisticated Milanoesque cuisine. Thanks to Fifth's seriously geeky sommeliers, its wine scene pulses with options. Try one of the new wine flights--a selection of four wines organized around a theme...
...Mondovino? - a wine documentary sabotaged by jittery camerawork...
...Place de la Liberté, where art galleries and shops hawk handmade children's toys and souvenirs. Further north, it's your turn for a treat. Brantome and Bourdeilles are delightful villages where you can lull the little ones to sleep, then sneak off for a glass of wine in a café by the river. After all that parenting, you've earned every last drop...