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Champagne AOC Expands

March 19, 2008

I love Champagne, it is absolutely delicious – crisp, dry, slightly toasty with a soft mousse of bubbles that stimulate your palate.  Just wonderful!  There are many sparkling wines which are equally delicious but there is something special about Champagne, what makes it so is difficult to say, undoubtedly the terroir has a huge part [...]

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Grape Varieties

March 17, 2008

How do you know whether you will like a wine? The best advice I was ever given (where wine is concerned!) is to find which grape varieties you enjoy either as single varietal wines, or in a blended wine and explore that. Then when you are ready, spread your wings and pick one [...]

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Wine Accessories

March 17, 2008

Someone once said to me – it doesn’t matter if you drink wine out a tin can, it still tastes the same!  I beg to differ.  Whilst I am not of the view that you can ONLY drink certain wines out of certain shapes of glass, there is no doubt that a good glass enhances [...]

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Tasting Notes

March 17, 2008

How we react to a bottle of wine is a very individual thing – some we like, some we don’t.  Each of us has our favourite style, grape or type of wine but it is always interesting to find out what someone thinks about a bottle of wine, especially if it is one we haven’t [...]

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Types Of Wine

March 17, 2008

‘What type of wine do you like?’ is one of those subjective questions that many people find themselves unable to answer.  There is a simple reason, they don’t know!  There are so many types of wine and we tend to just drink what is offered – and enjoy it – without thinking about what type [...]

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Where It All Begins

March 7, 2008

Wine has long been one of my great passions, ever since I was given my first glass at a very early age. It is a passion that is meant to be shared and in sharing it improves.  So I am sitting here with a glass of excellent Pinot Noir, one of my favourite types of [...]

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