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A Celebration of English Wine – book review

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A Celebration of English Wine 
Liz Sagues 

Published by Robert Hale (The Crowood Press) 
ISBN 9780719826146 
£17 

Apart from Stephen Skelton's very technical books on viticulture in the UK (two published in 2014 and a general vineyard guide in 2016), and The Essential Guide to English Wine, a much more recent but slim volume by Susie Barrie MW and Peter Richards MW for the Wine & Food Society, not much in the way of books has been available on wine in Great Britain since Hugh Barty-King and Don Philpott published their books way back in 1989. Now, it seems...

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