Whisky Shop In The Heart Of Central London

In September 2005 The Whisky Exchange set up a retail shop in the Vinopolis building on London’s south bank, to give people that have been shopping on our website for the last 8+ years an opportunity to see the extent of our range ‘in the flesh’. The shop has gone from strength to strength since its opening, having been a runner-up in Whisky Magazine’s Retailer of the Year and winning awards for our exclusive bottlings. The shop offers people the chance to purchase from our range of over 1,500 single malt whiskies, many of which are only available through us. This is backed up by friendly and knowledgeable staff with many years of experience in the drinks business, so you can be sure that you are getting the best possible advice.

For those of you that prefer their whisky to be spelt with an extra ‘e’, we have the widest choice of Bourbons and Ryes from the US and Canada that you will find anywhere in the UK, as well as a huge range from Ireland. To complete the choices, we carry over 20 whiskies from Japan, as well as examples from Wales, India and even Sweden.

In addition to our ‘already in the bottle’ choices we have a huge number of casks maturing in Scotland which enables us to offer here in store a choice of 5 whiskies you can fill directly from cask. At the moment our current choices are:

• Ardbeg "Quite Young" / Sherry Cask
• Aultmore 16 years old / 1st fill Sherry Cask
• Clynelish 14 years old / Bourbon Barrel
• Rosebank 16 years old / Hogshead
• Bourbon Whiskey 6 years old

Of course we realise that whisky isn’t everyone’s choice of tipple, so we have taken the opportunity to carry a wide selection of other spirits from our sister company Speciality Drinks. With an astonishing variety of Rums (80+), Cognac and Armagnac dating back to 1818, more than 150 Vodkas in every conceivable flavour as well as hundreds of other drinks from Aalborg Akvavit to Zyntia!

As if this unsurpassed range isn’t enough to get you to call in and see us when you’re in London, we also hold ‘Tasting Nights’ in the Vinopolis Building, where you get a chance to meet the people behind the drinks. Since July 2006 we have held nights with George Grant from Glenfarclas, Alistair Walker from Benriach, Colin Dunn of Bowmore and Roger Mallandine of Diageo. In March 2007 Ardbeg decided to launch their 2007 release ‘Almost There’ with us. This gave our guests the first chance to meet the new distillery manager Mr. Michael Heads.

We’re already in the planning stages for the 2008 tasting events and have secured an evening at the end of March with Master whisky blender Richard Patterson from Whyte & Mackay. We’ll also be holding the long overdue Dr. Bill Lumsden (Glenmorangie guru) evening in the early part of the year. Beyond that, Inver House group, Highland Park, The Macallan, Douglas Laing, Benromach and a host of others are coming to see us. Additionally, we’ll be holding tastings with bourbon, rum and tequila distillers and we’re planning a short course of in-depth whisky tutoring for people that want to learn about the finer points of whisky production. If you can’t get a group of you to come along to us, we can come to you to run a professional tasting for your friends or staff at a venue of your choice. To find out more about our Tasting Event options, or to book a tasting please contact us on tastings@thewhiskyexchange.com.

Vinopolis is located opposite London Bridge Station, and just behind the world famous "Borough Market" - where you will find the best that there is to offer from fruit and vegetables, to any type of food you can think of. It is mainly a wholesale market, however the market is now open to the public every Thursday, Friday and Saturday from the early hours till 5pm.

The Market has been voted London's most popular market in the Time Out's publication's retail surveys. In 2003 it won the Visit London award for the most popular London experience.

Other nearby attractions include The Tate Modern Museum, Southwark Cathedral and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.