Corks now seal around 60% of wine bottles, down from around 95% in the 1990s. For Portugal’s producers of corks, …
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Forgotten Brands
Enter a bar today and we are spoilt for choice. Supermarkets have aisles of wines to choose from, not so …
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We’ve overcome our prejudice against screw top closures, now it seems, the same is true of wine in a box. …
Read More »British Wines for British Embassies
Conservative MP Nusrat Ghani who represents Wealden, Sussex at the heart of Britain’s wine renaissance, is calling on Britain’s Embassies …
Read More »Divers find vintage champagne
In 2010, a team led by diving instructor Christian Ekstrom found 30 bottles of vintage champagne thought to pre-date the …
Read More »Prosecco – We seem to like it!
From being largely unknown in the UK market only a few years ago, Prosecco is now the sparkling wine of …
Read More »When Rot is good – Botrytis Cinerea or Noble Rot
Botrytis cinerea sounds pretty unpleasant, but without this fungus, we wouldn’t have some of our finest sweet wine. Affecting the …
Read More »A glass of Sussex or how about British Fizz
In Britain we call it English Sparkling Wine! In France they call it Champagne Italy has Prosecco Spain has it’s …
Read More »Wine Trivia
Some fascinating vino facts to impress your friends at the bar and round the dining table. Bottle Sizes Demi or …
Read More »World’s most expensive wines
Here’s a few alternatives to the under a fiver supermarket plonks. Three very expensive wines. Chateau Lafite When an enterprising …
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