Hello Great Britain is making seriously good... no seriously bloody great wines! Wine GB is the premier wine event for the UK wine industry held at the Royal Horticultural Society Lindley Hall in London. All of the Vineyards at the event are listed at the end of this blog with their websites and twitter handles …
Rathfinny
Keep a look out for the branding above as you are going to see a whole lot more of it in the not so distant future for sure!. Let me explain more. Some time ago now I got chatting to Richard James. (@RathfinnyRich - twitter handle, you should follow him, he has a great sense …
Angoris Adventure – Part 3 When they let me loose in the vineyard…..
Hello again..... WOW 3 blogs in a week! I have left the comical parts until the end to keep you all enthralled, please stick with it as don't want to stretch to PART 4. haha OK I'm now on a roll and they will be regular I assure you. Well after the previous fabulous evening's …
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Angoris Adventure – Passagio ad Angoris & ALBERTINA Part 2
Hello again In January I was extremely fortunate to be invited to Passagio di Angoris, which was to be held at Villa Locatelli just outside of Cormons in Fruili, north eastern Italy. So at the end of January I get myself on a plane to Venice Marco Polo airport, where I was meeting up with …
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Angoris Adventures (part 1) Getting Vertical!
Hi all, Firstly apologies to all as it's been ages since my last blog! Wine is not my business (unfortunately) but it is my great love & passion, however I own a business which I have had for 25yrs & I have been flat out busy. Don't get me wrong I'm glad to be busy …
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The Independent’s
This actually needs a sub heading too: Independent Wine Merchants Vs The Supermarkets & ONLINE sales what's the difference? Now this is purely my own opinion and not sponsored or paid for in any way shape or form. Its about me and my experiences. In fact I was just in the middle of writing something …
Villa Sandi – Valdobbiadene
Hello again! A couple of months ago I was contacted by Dacotah Renneau of Comunque Media & Public Relations via twitter introducing me to Villa Sandi and invited me to come and see them at the London Wine Fair and also at the Decanter sparkling wine event. Now I have written recently about the Decanter …
Sophie B.
Hi All A couple of weeks ago, Vinotopia, who are based in idyllic country town of Tetbury in the Cotswolds, had their Grand Summer Tasting. They are based about 50 minutes from home, the tasting started at 6:30 for only 2 hours, so it was a case of leaving the office early, rushing home for …
My Visit to Hambledon, Englands Oldest Vineyard
A few weeks ago I was contacted, through twitter, by Bryony Wright from Proven Communications who runs the PR for Hambledon Vineyards (ENGLAND) to attend a unique event for food and wine writers/bloggers at Hambledon vineyard. Of course I jumped at the chance! Hambledon Vineyard is the oldest commercial vineyard in England, based on …
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Decanter Sparkling Wine Exploration (Part 2) 🇮🇹Italy
Hi Well I hope you enjoyed my first installment from This Decanter Tasting. Today it's Italian Sparkling wines. Sales of Italian sparkling wines... OK mainly Prosecco which is exploding (not literally) all over the world. With approx. 300m bottles sold in 2016 the forecast is more than 33% growth by 2020 to well over 400 …
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Pietrovini Life through Red,White & Rosé Glasses🍷 