Autumn & Winter Wine Car Boots
Taste your way out of the supermarket at the Wine Car Boot - it's a farmers' market, for wine. With food, music and festival vibes.
JUNE 2025 featured UNCHARTED. PASSIONE VINO. TENUTA IL FINALE. GOOD WINE GOOD PEOPLE. KIWI CRU. PORTE NOIRE. BUTTERWORTH & PENZER. ROY’S WINES. SOLARIS WINES. OAST WOOD. BOBO. RENEGADE WINERY. THE GRANGE. ROBIN BAUM WINES. FLINT VINEYARD. SADDLEGOOSE WINES. OAST WOOD. THE BOTANICAL BOYS. LONDON CRU. FIND & FOSTER CIDER. STILL ROOM VERMOUTH.
Each car boot or stall is an independent wine retailer, importer or producer with a selection of their favourite wines for you to taste, buy, drink in or take out.
There's no entrance fee, simply turn up, buy a tasting pack (tote + glass + five tokens) and start tasting, drinking and shopping for bottles to take home.
Tasting Pack - £20 (includes £1 charity donation to My Name is Doddie Foundation) - Tôtes du Rhône Tote Bag, Govino Glass, your first five tokens + discount vouchers and freebies at local restaurants & shops.
Glass + 5 Tokens - £10
Extra tokens - £1 each
Whether you want to discover new styles, share a bottle with friends or stock up your cellar, there’s something for everyone no matter how much, or indeed how little, you know.
Wine Car Boot is about getting to know the huge amount of authentic, affordable and delicious wines (and the people selling them) in London and beyond. We want more people to drink better wine, more often; but that doesn’t necessarily mean more expensive. There’s also cider, vermouth, beer and music, plus plenty of food to keep you going.
Thank you for supporting and we look forward to seeing you again soon!
Dogs (on leads) & children welcome.
Ruth Spivey
Founder, Wine Consultant and Communicator
Ruth founded Wine Car Boot in 2013, the same year she turned freelance as a consultant to restaurants, bars, festivals and brands, specialising in wine lists, tastings, events, strategic partnerships and creative PR and marketing.
12 years on she has worked with a vast array of clients all over the world, building a highly valuable network and an enviable book of contacts. Wine Car Boot is now one of leading consumer events in the wine calendar, remaining committed to its unique identity and independent credentials.
Ruth is also a wine judge, host, panel guest and UK Ambassador to Star Wine List - the global guide and app to great places to drink wine around the world.
She writes for a variety of publications and taps out a sporadic wine column on Substack - The Wine Column No-one Asked For.
Imbibe Innovator of the Year 2014, GQ Sommelier of the Year 2016, Young British Foodie (Drinks) 2017, Harpers Wine & Spirits Hot 50 2018, two time finalist for IWSC Outstanding Achievement in Wine, Vintners' Company Geoffrey Roberts Award 2021, The Drinks Trust Fundraising Award 2021.
Follow Ruth and WCB on Instagram: @ruthspivey_ @winecarboot
Ruth Osborne
Operations Director & Sustainability Consultant
Ruth Osborne is an an Ops director, with a special interest in sustainability. She came to lend a hand at the very first Car Boot and quite simply never left the team - much to our relief!
Outside of WCB she is part of The Cordia Collective who are on the cusp of opening a restaurant, bakery and cafe at the heritage-listed Borde Hill Garden in West Sussex.
She also consults on F&B for Pillar Wellbeing, a fitness concept and provider, and has a long standing relationship with cult restaurant and experiential event legends Bistrotheque.
Ruth brings a unique depth and breadth to the table with over 15 years experience running the widest possible variety of hospitality projects in the UK and beyond, including seven years in Stockholm working with leading Swedish chef Paul Svensson, running a restaurant and urban farm project geared towards circularity and waste reduction, whilst training teams around the world on sustainable food systems.
Follow Ruth O on Instagram: @ruthiefixer
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