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I’ve been tinkering with chenin blanc in the last few days. It just came over me; I thought I’d have a tinker and here we are. I don’t mean I wanted to change the structure of its molecules, or mess with its DNA; but just, you know, tinker. It’s another of those Old World grapes […]
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The Raise a Glass feature is published in several UK regional newspapers every week. Here’s a look at Vouvray wine: What is it and what does it taste like There are some wines which are a treat for the senses. Just read these aromas and flavour descriptions: Orange blossom, vanilla, sweet pea, dried citrus, wet
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The Wine Time feature is published in the Lancashire Post, the Blackpool Gazette and other regional newspapers in Lancashire … here’s when my thoughts turned to wines from the Loire Valley. It’s been a over a year since we learned how to mute, to share, to wave, to leave messages via our laptop screens as
Every year I give a nod to Fairtrade Fortnight wine and here I am again, nodding. In these next few days, thousands of people in the UK are recognising the efforts of farmers who live in some of the poorest countries in the world. The sale of Fairtrade wine directly helps workers on wine grape
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Those wine labels are key to our buying habits (I’ve said many a time) and Aldi has hit on a canny marketing idea to draw us in to a new range of wines. If you see “chicken” or “lamb” or “pizza” shouting at you in italics from the retailer’s wine aisles it is because the
Easter is upon us and I hope you have lovely things planned with family and friends. I’ll be revising for a wine exam, but you can’t have everything. Oh, hang on, there will be wine “to taste” so that’s a bonus. Whatever your plans, here’s a selection of Easter wines to try. I hope you
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Camper Vin is one of those things you wish you’d thought of first. I spend many a summer’s day in a wet field in a rain-battered caravan. It’s no wonder then that Camper Vin – a box of wine new on our shelves – caught my eye. I’ve often laboured long and hard – gritting
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I WALKED around work with a Post-it note stuck to my jumper last October. It said: “Don’t discuss The Great British Bake Off … I haven’t watched it yet!!” This year I’m at least four episodes behind and playing catch-up. I can see a Post-It note coming out again! The other night I watched a man make a
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IT IS 20 years since the first Fairtrade Fortnight and it’s around the corner again. So it seems only right that I look at Fairtrade wines. Buying Fairtrade helps ensure that farmers and workers are receiving a fair price – as well as money to help their community invest in services such as education, sanitation
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