#16: Feminist Wine Bar ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

the nat in pet nat stands for Natalie

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Today, I had a delivery day that really screamed “I’m 28”: my two parcels were a bottle of wine and toilet roll.

Why was I getting a bottle of wine delivered instead of just going to the shop like a normal person, you ask? Well, you might remember that last year I wanted to get into wine more. With that in mind, I hosted a wine tasting and dinner party for my birthday, and my friend and I fell in love with a particular pet nat (yes I do live near East London, why do you ask?) that we now get in to treat ourselves every once in a while. Today is one of those occasions.

said bottle of wine, summer hives model’s own x

And who introduced us to those wines? The brilliant Feminist Wine Bar, a pop-up wine bar that creates themed wine tastings based on whatever you want (I’m talking everything from chilled reds and sparklings to brat summer, Taylor Swift or Beyoncé — seriously). And this is exactly the aim of FWB, to bring wine knowledge to people who might feel excluded or unwelcome in these spaces.

I LOVED having Natalie for my birthday dinner — she brought everything for a fabulous wine tasting without any pretence. She was also really helpful in curating the wines to suit my tastes and didn’t make me feel stupid as a newbie wino. I even found a new favourite wine for special occasions!

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