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Eating:
The Swan at the Globe café offers a sit-down restaurant (for lunch and dinner,
reservations recommended, tel. 020/7928-9444), a drinks-and-plates bar, and a sandwich-
and-coffee cart (daily 9:00-closing, depending on performance times).
While it seems illogical to have a huge wine museum in beer-loving London, Vinopolis
makes a good case. Built over a Roman wine store and filling the massive vaults of an old
wine warehouse, the museum offers interactive exhibits that give a light yet earnest history
of wine to accompany your sips of various mediocre reds and whites, ports, and cham-
pagnes. A few varieties of spirits help keep it interesting. Your visit starts with a 15-minute
wine-tasting lesson, then you're let loose. Ticket prices vary according to how many vir-
tual “tokens” you load onto a card, which you use to dispense your samples through their
“enomatic” machines (most wines cost 1-4 tokens). Tapas-style snacks are available, in
addition to the three restaurants on site. Booking ahead for Friday and Saturday nights is
smart.
