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English Rosés for Summer
Nowadays, no wine cellar, fridge or National Rosé Day (June 10th) should ever be without an English rosé. You should always have some Hattingley Valley from Hampshire on hand. Or some Digby from Sussex or […]
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Exton Park Launch Pinot Meunier Rosé
Exton Park, the award-winning 60-acre Hampshire vineyard, has just launched a new single varietal wine, the Pinot Meunier Rosé Plot 4, which, with its unique terroir, pure chalk soils, meticulous growing and production methods, along […]
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Fifty One Degrees North – UK’s Most Expensive Sparkling Wine
Gusbourne Estate, based in Appledore in Kent, who own 16 vineyards across Kent and West Sussex, has just produced the UK’s most expensive sparkling wine and what it claims to be the most definitive expression […]
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Grenache Wine
Just a pub wine? Ideal with the blackboard steak and ale pie blackboard special and nine chips in a beer tankard? The go-to-gulpable-garnet down at your local gastro pub to soak up the microwaved goulash […]
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English Pinot Noir
How often do you make seasonal wild mushroom risotto and how many times do you come home to duck or game and a fridge in which someone has considerately placed a bottle of not very […]
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Sussex Wines
Sussex has been accorded special privileged status. The county’s sparkling wine has received official Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status, as approved by the Ministry for Farming, Fisheries and Food. A PDO identifies products that […]
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Blue Aurora Wine
There is only one way to celebrate National Blueberry Month and English Wine Week. That’s with England’s only commercially-produced blueberry wine. Brothers Stephen and James Long were born in Bythorn in Cambridgeshire before moving to […]
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Collectivino Wines
What’s the difference between you and Martin Stead and Toby Radcliffe? They stuck with their lockdown passion and are about to introduce Collectivino to world, whereas you have some souring bread and dusty arts and […]
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Austrian Grand Wine Tour
The Austrian Wine Marketing Board was back in London recently for their annual ‘Austrian Tasting London’ providing much inspiration to visit some of Austria’s wonderful wine growing regions. Something Oenophile Ramy Salameh discovered on a […]
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Franciacorta Wine Masterclass At The Ned
The underground Vault at The Ned in central London was the venue for a thoroughly enjoyable and interesting tasting event for Franciacorta sparkling wines last month. The original Midland Bank strongroom is now home to […]