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Hi Again Just over 30 miles south of Florence lies the beautiful hilltop town of San Gimignano, with majestic towers and stunning vistas across the Tuscan countryside. Six miles east you will find the beautiful tiny hamlet of Campochiarenti. The Campochiarenti history begins at the end of the 10th century when the church of Saint …
Hello again I have been looking forward to staying at the Rathfinny vineyard estate ever since I went to their launch, last April, of their Sussex Sparkling wine at the very glamorous venue of Somerset house in London. Here is my blog from last year. Rathfinny Launch After a few emails back and forth to …
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Hi again all, I wrote last year about the launch of Rathfinny's new English sparkling wines, from Sussex, England, you can check that out here. Rathfinny Blog. After a very successful initial launch their new vintage 2015 Blanc de Noirs & 2016 Rosé are about to be launched on the 1st of May and then …
Hi folks I'm currently reading a wine book.... Ok that's not very unusual!! However this is a thriller! It is an uncorrected proof sent to me so there may well be some changes (guessing only technical details) within the book but overall its a great read and a real page turner. Even if you are …
Hello again First blog for 2019. Labels.... I see and hear about people buying wines all of the time because of the labels. Its obviously a great marketing tool at a certain price point to distinguish one wine from another on extremely crowded and competitive supermarket shelves to make them stand out. Of course some …
Hi all, A few weeks ago I was extremely privileged to be invited to the prestigious Dorchester Hotel in Mayfair, London for a very special wine tasting. A tasting to celebrate the release of the 2015 Vérité wines. VÉRITÉ & CARDINALE Well, this was not going to be any old wine tasting. Vérité & Cardinale …
Hello again, A couple of months ago I was wandering around the London wine fair, when I bumped into Rosamund Barton a director of the food and wine PR agency R&R Teamwork. She asked had I heard of winebuyers.com, as they have just started the PR for them, and if I had a couple of …
Well I know you must be amazed at the fourth blog in ten days! I had met Tiléri and Natalie from Poulton Hill Estate vineyard at a couple wine tastings in the Cotswolds and really wanted to go and check out what they are doing. Well my twitter buddy Swami, now lifelong food & wine …
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Hi again...… I know 3 blogs in a week! and there is more next week too. Astley vineyard is actually the closest vineyard to my home in Worcestershire. (40 mins south of the UK's 2nd city Birmingham) When I started to taste more English still wines at trade events I really had to go and …
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Hello again..... SO SOON haha. Well I mentioned in my Part 1, WINE GB, piece last Sunday about Robb Merchant who is the Chairman of the Welsh Vineyards Association and also owner of White Castle Vineyard whom I had met at the Wine GB event in London. White Castle Vineyard is owned by Robb & …
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