Fancy a Sip of the Sea?

The effects of terroir on a wine can feel greatly exaggerated, with a metre of elevation here or a minute difference in soil composition, there, often used as marquee marketing elements in attempting to set it apart from its regional siblings. While there’s definitely merit to the assertion that the landscape and atmospheric conditions in which grapes are grown confer […]

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Glass of Chardonnay, Guv’nor?

English wine? Tea – sure, pints of bitter – definitely. For a country not traditionally associated with the artful maceration and maturation of grapes, England is doing pretty well, with over 420 registered vineyards. The largest, Denbies Wine Estate, south of London, picked up the International Wine Challenge Gold Medal for its Chalk Ridge Rosé 2010 and is putting Gallic […]

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