Laithwaites Wine

Have walked by this place many a time coming out of Borough market. The outside looks like a very intimidating froofy wine shop where I will never fit in let alone afford any of the products.
Completely untrue!
My friend had been here years ago when it was Majestic wines and wanted to go and see it again. The place is a huge warehouse of booze glorious booze… well wine specifically, with a long metal bar running down the middle for wine tastings. (it is connected to The Whisky Exchange, with super fancy pants whiskeys n such if you walk all the way to the back though)
We walked around a bit but then spoke with a friendly sales assistant who offered us tastings of what was chilling in the middle tasting area (It was Bastille day so it was all French wine that day). We wanted white wine of some sort to go with our sausage and cheese we bought. He was very knowledgeable, even asking what region the food came from to better pair the wine.
We ended up tasting about 5 different very tasty wines but going with three of them, for 10, 13, and 14 pounds. I didn’t expect there would be quality wine for that cheap.
And Cedric was hilarious and relaxed and quoted family guy as he explained to us which wines were which. Very happy about my experience here. Will definitely come back again when in the area on Borough market day.

Great venue! Went to a cocktail party here and there’s loads of room for mingling/​seeking out refills. It’s a beautiful space under the London Bridge arches, with pretty lighting and masses of wine bottles lining each wall along with a long tasting table (longest in the world?) down the centre.
Laithwaites is actually a massive (mainly mail order) company rather than a small independent business but it didn’t have that corporate a feel to it — staff were extremely nice and friendly and made sure everyone’s glasses were full at all times, which is of course essential.
Never would have thought of going in here before but now I’d recommend it, especially for events.

Great staff that follow through with delivery. Selection is nice and the space is beautifully put together.

We were on our way to a wine bar for a glass of wine before having dinner at the flat when we stumbled upon Lathwaites Wines. The staff invited us is and invited us to taste anything open along their very long tasting bar. There must have been 40 selections of red. white, and port. It must have taken us a «grueling» hour to get through all the wines. Very hospitable staff and great prices. A great find in Southwark. And we never made it to the wine bar for that glass of wine.

This wine shop is really large and kind of daunting. Thank god there are really helpful salespeople to assist in choosing the perfect vino.
This store has many wines from many regions all over the world.
I was able to find a couple of dessert wines («Seifried ‘sweet agnes’ reisling”-«Doisy Daene Sauternes») a couple bottles of gorgeous looking french red wine and a nice German riesling. If I were living in london, I would probably visit this store often for the selection and helpful service. After I bought the wine they threw in a free wine carrier bag as well which was priced at 10 pounds!