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Category Archives: English Wine
Vineyards of Hampshire – London Tasting February 2020
The Vineyards of Hampshire group held their sixth annual Trade and Press tasting at 67 Pall Mall on Tuesday. The eight producers present last year were joined this time by one new member, The Grange, which is the vineyard of the well known … Continue reading
Posted in English Wine, Rosé Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tastings
Tagged Black Chalk Wines, Cottonworth, Danebury Vineyards, Emma Rice, English Schönburger, English Sparkling Wine, English Wine, Entice Sweet Bacchus Dessert Wine, Exton Park, Hambledon Vineyard, Hattingley Valley Aqua Vitae, Hattingley Valley Wines, Jacob Leadley, Jenkyn Place Wines, Raimes Wines, The Grange Vineyard, Vineyards of Hampshire 2020 Tasting, Vineyards of Hampshire Group
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Poet and the Roots
Excuse my lack of restraint in using another musical reference, but the words seem apt here. The roots bring to mind the wonderful fallen oak at Tim Phillips’ winery on a brief visit there, a couple of weekends ago. This … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Cider, English Cider, English Wine, Restaurants, Sparkling Wine, Wine
Tagged Charlie Herring English Sauvignon Blanc, Charlie Herring Wines, Clos du Paradis Ramley House Walled Vineyard, Domaine de la Loue Cuvée Clémence 2017, Florent Giboulot Bourgogne Aligoté 2005, Hampshire Vineyards, Perfect Strangers English Cider, Philippe Bornard Tant-Mieux petnat, Promised Land English Sparkling Riesling, Richard Austin Chainsaw Artist, Roots Restaurant Southbourne Bournemouth, The Bookkeeper Chardonnay, Tim Phillips, Top Poulsard-Ploussard Petnats, Vineyards near Lymington
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Vineyards of Hampshire
Vineyards of Hampshire is an umbrella organisation for what is now eight sparkling wine producers from the county, who seem to have got their act together for joint promotion. I say “now eight” because the original seven have recently been … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, English Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tastings
Tagged Black Chalk Wines, Corinne Seely, Cottonworth, Danebury Still Wines, Danebury Vineyards, Emma Rice, English Demi-Sec Sparkling, Exton Park, Exton Park Pinot Meunier Rosé, Hambledon Vineyard, Hattingley Valley, Jacob Leadley, Jenkyn Place, Raimes Family Vineyard, Vineyards of Hampshire Tasting 2019
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Tillingham Update (Sept 2018)
I wrote about my visit to Ben Walgate’s Tillingham Wines back in June, here. Quite a lot of interest has been generated in what Ben Walgate is doing there, in the far east of Sussex. This is in part because he … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Cider, English Cider, English Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Tastings
Tagged Ben Walgate, Ben Walgate at Plateau Brighton, Bourbon Cask Cider, English Qvevri Wine, English Wine, Ortega Grape, Plateau Brighton, Qvevri, Qvevri Cider, Starvecrow Cider, Sussex Vineyard, Tillingham Artego 2017, Tillingham at Plateau Brighton, Tillingham Chardonnay, Tillingham Col 2017, Tillingham Pet Rosé, Tillingham Qvevri Artego 2017, Tillingham Vineyard, Tillingham Wines
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Recent Wines (May 2018) #theglouthatbindsus
I’m getting behind (as usual) with this “recent wines” malarkey, so I’m going to split May and June into two more digestible bites – eight wines from May today and then eight wines from June next week. PN17, Tillingham Vineyard, … Continue reading
Posted in Czech Wine, English Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Spanish Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Anne & Jean-François Ganevat, Ben Walgate, Czech Wine, Domaine des Bodines, Domaine Hughes-Beguet, Foradori Lezèr Teroldego, Kéké Descombes Morgon 2016, Kewin Descombes Morgon 2016, Moravian Wine, Nevrosé 2016, Oh Yeah! Savagnin, Patrice Béguet, Recent Wines May 2018, Ryzlink Rynsky Jakub Novak, Tillingham PN17, Vinel-lo Partida Creus, Y'a bon the Canon
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Tillingham
Having got to know Ben Walgate and his wines over the past year I had been itching to make a visit to his Tillingham Vineyard, within sight of Rye in East Sussex. I finally got a chance just over a … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Cider, English Cider, English Wine, Natural Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine
Tagged Ben Walgate, Charlie Herring Wines, Cider, English Cider, English Sparkling Riesling, English Sparkling Wine, Natural Cyder, Perfect Strangers Cider-Wine blend, Promised Land Sparkling Riesling, Starvecrow Cider, Starvecrow Qvevri Cider, Strange Brew Wild Hop Beer, The Bookkeeper Sparkling Chardonnay, Tillingham PN17, Tillingham Qvevri Ortega "Artego", Tillingham Vineyard, Tim Phillips
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London Wine Fair 2018 Part 2 – Drinks Britannia and the Trading Floor
In Part 1 of my review of the 2018 London Wine Fair I concentrated on the small importers in the Esoterica area, where you could find perhaps the real excitement of the event. If you haven’t already read Part 1, you can catch … Continue reading
Posted in English Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Merchants
Tagged Abbazia di Novacella, Astrum Wines, Bolney Estate, Craft Cider, Drinks Britannia, London Wine Fair 2018, Natural Cider, Natural Cyder, Nyetimber, Nyetimber Tillington 2013, Praepositus wines, Starvecrow Cider, Tavignano
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 