Market Row Wines - no more Gallo's Creek for Brixton!

It could be seen as a sign of encroaching gentrification: as of May 2012, Brixton has its first ever independent wine shop, Market Row Wines. I don't see it that way - sure, Brixton may be changing, but the regeneration of the covered markets (originally kicked off by the flawed but brilliantly successful spacemakers project) has stirred new life into the old dog - and has quite dramatically increased the variety of what's on offer in the arcades. Market Row Wines is part of this ongoing development, and a very welcome one. How have I  lived somewhere for 16 years which didn't even boast a branch of Thresher - let alone an Oddbins?

Talking of which, Market Row Wine's owner David Simpson used to work for Oddbins, so I reckon he knows a thing or to about how to make good wine approachable. Indeed, his new venture is unpretentious and down to earth - rather like him, rather like Brixton.

A small, frequently changing selection is chalked up on the blackboard. Mostly old world (France, Italy…