A smart, welcoming wine shop and self-pour tasting bar on Vanston Place, offering over a hundred wines by the glass from enomatic machines, with nibbles and expert staff
Vagabond Wines holds three hundred and fourteen reviews and an excellent 4.7 – a genuinely impressive score on a good sample – and it is a genuinely brilliant and innovative gem: a smart, welcoming wine shop and self-pour tasting bar on Vanston Place, offering over a hundred wines by the glass from self-service machines, with nibbles and expert, understated staff.
The self-pour concept
Vagabond Wines is built around a genuinely brilliant and innovative concept: self-pour wine. It is part wine shop, part tasting bar – and its genius is the self-service enomatic machines, which let you help yourself to tasting measures, half-glasses or full glasses of any of a huge range of wines (around a hundred or more), at your own pace and in any combination you like. There is real appeal and fun to this – the self-pour freedom, the huge by-the-glass range, the chance to taste and explore widely without committing to a whole bottle. It is a genuine wine-lover’s playground – the self-service machines, the vast by-the-glass selection, the freedom to taste and explore. There is genuine fun and appeal to it – the brilliant self-pour concept, the huge wine range, the taste-and-explore freedom. It is a genuinely innovative and delightful way to enjoy wine – the self-pour machines, the vast selection, the exploratory freedom. There is real fun and appeal in it.
The wines and the welcome
Vagabond backs its brilliant concept with genuine quality and expertise. The wines are a genuine treat – around a hundred or more, grouped helpfully by style (such as “spicy” or “elegant” reds, “crisp” or “subtle” whites), a wide-ranging and interesting selection. And the staff are a genuine asset – keen, understated, and well-informed, happy to guide and advise without a hint of pretension. There is real quality and warmth to it – the wide interesting wine range, the helpful style-based grouping, the keen and knowledgeable understated staff. It is a smart-looking place, run with genuine care and expertise – the quality wines, the expert friendly guidance, the smart welcoming setting. There is genuine quality and warmth to it – the excellent wine range, the expert understated staff, the smart welcoming atmosphere. And there are nibbles and small plates to accompany the wine, making it a lovely spot to settle in. There is real quality, expertise and warmth in it.
The Fulham wine gem
Vagabond Wines is a genuine Fulham gem – the brilliant self-pour concept, the huge wine range, the expert staff, the smart welcoming setting. There is real appeal to it – the innovative self-pour tasting, the vast by-the-glass selection, the expert guidance, the smart and welcoming atmosphere. It is exactly the kind of innovative, quality, welcoming wine bar that brings genuine excitement and appeal to a neighbourhood – the self-pour freedom, the wine-lover’s range, the expert welcome. Combined with its brilliant concept and its expert staff, it makes Vagabond a genuine Fulham destination for the wine lover. Its excellent 4.7 across a good sample confirms it – a genuinely superb, much-loved wine bar. There is real innovation, quality and warmth in the whole thing – the brilliant self-pour concept, the huge wine range, the expert understated staff, the smart welcoming setting. It is a genuine Fulham gem – innovative, quality-focused, and a real delight for the wine lover.
Between its brilliant self-pour concept, its huge and interesting wine range, and its expert understated staff and smart welcoming setting, Vagabond Wines is a genuine gem of Fulham. Its excellent score across a good sample marks it as a genuinely superb and much-loved wine bar. The Prat’s desk works through the self-pour machines with genuine delight, takes the expert staff’s advice, and raises an appreciative glass to Vagabond Wines.
The bar
An excellent, much-loved wine bar doing a superb 4.7 across a good sample – Vagabond Wines, a self-pour wine shop and tasting bar on Vanston Place with over a hundred wines by the glass.
Verdict
Excellent, much-loved, and genuinely innovative – Vagabond Wines, a brilliant self-pour wine bar and a real Fulham gem for the wine lover.
Explore over a hundred wines by the glass from the self-pour machines at Vagabond Wines on Vanston Place – a brilliant, innovative wine shop and tasting bar with expert staff and nibbles.
Alan Nafzger was born in Lubbock, Texas, the son Swiss immigrants. He grew up on a dairy in Windthorst, north central Texas. He earned degrees from Midwestern State University (B.A. 1985) and Texas State University (M.A. 1987). University College Dublin (Ph.D. 1991). Dr. Nafzger has entertained and educated young people in Texas colleges for 37 years. Nafzger is best known for his dark novels and experimental screenwriting. His best know scripts to date are Lenin’s Body, produced in Russia by A-Media and Sea and Sky produced in The Philippines in the Tagalog language. In 1986, Nafzger wrote the iconic feminist western novel, Gina of Quitaque. He currently lives in Holloway, North London. Contact: [email protected]
