Shopping in Wokingham is great for last minute presents, and those special gifts. Check out the "Doll's House" in Rose Street for a range of special individual gifts

The start of each New Year is a great time for bargains in Wokingham venues. For example Chef and Brewer are offering deals at Ye Olde Leathern Bottel for New Year and Burn´s Night
The new look Molly Millar have a new menu.
February brings Valentine Celebrations and a chance to watch for special treats and menus at the intimate places.
Wokingham to get first Nando´s Outlet. Work is busy underway to convert the premises of the previous New Red Lion, the part next to W.H.Smith that was not taken into the Cafe Rouge restaurant development. Find contact details in the Guide as they become available.

People have been asking about vouchers and offers for restaurants in Wokingham. Prezzo have a website that provides vouchers for home printing. (The site requires that you have Adobe Flash installed.) Zizzi offer vouchers via the press and by calling into a restaurant. I've spotted discount walk-in offers at the Gig House (Club Nights), The Three Frogs, Cafe Rouge and Red Lion.

The Wokingham Wine Festival is an exciting wine event where wine-lovers can come to taste and buy fine wines supplied by members of the ASDW (the Association of Small Direct Winemerchants). ASDW members offer between them a huge range of fine wines from around the world. The event is organised by the ASDW, the Thames Valley Region branch of the Multiple Sclerosis Society, and the Wokingham Round Table. It's a charity event, and profits from the sale of tickets goes to the Mutliple Sclerosis Society. The Wokingham Wine Festival is a 2-day event, and is being held in the Main Hall, upstairs in the old Town Hall, in the Market Place in the centre of historic Wokingham over the weekend of Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 December 2009. There will be a number of winemerchants in attendance, each with a superb range of wines to taste and buy. Pre-purchased tickets for the event will be available, and once inside, you can taste as many wines as you like for no additional charge. It's a fantastic opportunity to stock up for Christmas, by buying from the exhibiting merchants.

Podcast looking forward to this event on Mevio

Wine Festival Website

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[28th November 2009] - Added two Emmbrook takeways to Places, Indian and Chinese.

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[04 December 2011] - Also this Weekend - Santa Biker Toy Run - last year over 2000 motor bikers took part, arrives in Wiltshire Road around Lunchtime - Drivers Be Aware! Reading toy run site

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Have you seen the 'new Woolworths'? Yes, in place of the defunct Woolworths, new startup AlWorths [Wikipedia link] has opened in the same Peach Street premises. We understand it is run by former management and staff. Seems alworths.co.uk is not active yet although some info is up on this site And YES they do have 'Pick and Mix' :)

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