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Vineyard – November 2018 – Christmas Sparkling Wines
Vineyard - November 2018
Christmas Sparkling Wines
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Christmas is looming and ‘tis the season of goodwill, so I am taking a more light-hearted look at the wines you should be devouring this month in order to take the heat out of the ‘discussions’ which were stirred up by last month’s column!
I have found three…

Vineyard – October 2018 – Top End Sparkling Wines
Vineyard - October 2018
Top End Sparkling Wines
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Green-Eyed Monster or Gilded Lily? The Truth Will Out (a nod to Shakespeare)
It was amazing, the reaction to an email I sent out to various vinous luminaries while researching this piece, asking if I could taste their top end English sparklers for an article in this august…

Vineyard – September 2018 – Red Wines
Vineyard - September 2018
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Red Wines - A New Dawn
I could not have written this article five years ago. While I have been tracking the progress of English and Welsh wines for more than three decades the advent of balanced, world-class red wine is a very recent phenomenon. Weedy, pale, raw reds were the norm and while it…

Vineyard – August 2018 – Party Wines
Vineyard - August 2018
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Party Wines
The summer party season is upon us and, with temperatures soaring to an unprecedented high, I have chosen three wines this month that you can serve ice-cold in order to soothe your palate and also demonstrate with unarguable accuracy that you are the most thoughtful host in town.
Party…

Vineyard – July 2018 – Great Value Wines
Vineyard - July 2018
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Great Value Wines
Value is an odd word because it means different things to different people. I much prefer the French term ‘qualité prix’, which clumsily and obviously translates to ‘quality price’ and, as is often the case in French, is more informative than our English expression. I…

Vineyard – June 2018 – Sparkling Rosé
Vineyard - June 2018
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Sparkling Rosé
I think that sparkling rosé is the most challenging category in the British wine scene. I remember tasting a load of wines three or four years ago and being able to pick out the duds from the colour alone. Brown is not a colour I ever want to see or indeed taste in a sparkling wine…

Vineyard – May 2018 – WINEGB Annual Tasting highlights
Vineyard - May 2018
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WINEGB Annual Trade & Press Tasting
The 26th April was always going to be a challenge with no less than four important wine tastings to squeeze in on the day, all dotted across London. Julia Trustram Eve, WINEGB’s marketing director, made the call and opened the doors at Lindley Hall an hour…

Vineyard – April 2018 – Things are looking rosé
Vineyard - April 2018
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Things are looking Rosé
While it has taken our wine industry two or three decades to finesse its sparkling offering into a world-class beast and, of course, there is much more to come, the still rosé sector is a toddler, just finding its feet. Having said this, the last three years have seen a…

Vineyard – March 2018 – A Royal Wedding
Vineyard - March 2018
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A Royal Wedding
The most important English Sparkling Wine showcase of the year
Part wedding planning guide, part sparkling wine style critique, part know your audience brief – this month’s article has been written for two people only – Meghan and Harry. The rest of you can keep an eye on your…

Vineyard – February 2018 – Great Wines from Rare Plantings
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Great wines from rare plantings – small is beautiful
There is a growing trend in Australia of releasing wines made from the most obscure grapes imaginable – Italy, Greece, Spain and Portugal seem to have been raided by keen ampelographer thieves. ‘Alternative Varieties’ is the catch-all…

Vineyard – January 2018 – Bacchus – Our Not-so-Secret Weapon
Vineyard - January 2018
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Bacchus – Our Not-so-Secret Weapon
I am no stranger to the Bacchus grape, having acquainted myself with its talents some 35 years ago when I lived in Biddenden, not far from the eponymous vineyard and also Chapel Down a few miles away in Tenterden. Conceived at the German Wine Institute in the…
I am a lifelong fan of English wines and I am extremely proud to have been asked to contribute to Vineyard Magazine from the very first issue published in January 2018. Vineyard is a monthly, specialist publication for viticulturalists and winemakers in Great Britain. I write the only consumer-facing article in the magazine highlighting three terrific wines of particular interest, tying them together along a singular theme – www.vineyardmagazine.co.uk.