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Welcome to Jane Clare’s wine blog. Here you’ll find her latest drinks’ recommendations, and stories about the wine places and wine people Jane has discovered.
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Wine in cans: They could be the future, as I look back to the past!
January 5, 2022 No Comments
I’m moving to March 2021 with a look back on my wine life in this New Year review. At the beginning of the year, winetasting
Purato wines: When I “met” Italian winemaker Stefano Girelli
January 2, 2022 No Comments
My “wine life review” of 2021 continues! Here I reflect on a Zoom call with winery owner and “sustainable” wines advocate Stefano Girelli from Purato
New Zealand syrah: A February masterclass in my New Year review
January 1, 2022 No Comments
Here I am then, continuing my reflections of 2021 as a New Year begins – and this exploration of New Zealand syrah wines is a
Ginuary 2021: My New Year review continues with nine gins
January 1, 2022 No Comments
Ginuary 2021 … ah, one of my favourite themes. There’s nothing scientific in this, my review of my 2021 columns and drinks’ related life. In
Rutherglen Muscat winemakers: My 2021 review begins with January
December 31, 2021 No Comments
This post is about Rutherglen Muscat – and the start of a New Year review of my 2021 to this, the start of 2022. I
Mâconnais wines: Which Burgundy villages can put their names on labels?
October 15, 2021 No Comments
The Wine Time feature is published in the Lancashire Post, the Blackpool Gazette and other regional newspapers in Lancashire … I discover the 27 villages
Tesco red wines: Three wines new in store in autumn 2021
October 13, 2021 No Comments
The Raise a Glass feature is published in several regional newspapers … I tried three Tesco red wines from the retailer’s Autumn Winter range It’s
Bonterra Organic Cabernet Sauvignon and when I forgot Organic September
October 10, 2021 No Comments
The Raise a Glass feature is published every week in several regional newspapers … here’s one when I forgot about Organic September but I still
Wines from the Loire Valley: The names of the wine regions and some of the wines they’re famous for
September 30, 2021 No Comments
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
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