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Book reviews 2021 – England

Friday 25 June 2021
Sussex By The Glass Liz Sague book cover

As it's English Wine Week, it seems a good time for reviews of a couple of books, recently published, on two very different aspects of English wine.

Sussex by the Glass 
Wines, vines and two pioneering families 

Liz Sagues 
Tanwood Press 
ISBN 9781527284425 
£14 

Liz Sagues’ second book on English wine is more specific than her first – as the title suggests, it’s about Sussex wine, told through the story of two families. It’s a good idea. She’s picked Sussex, her home county, not only because she obviously knows it well and has a personal connection to it, but it’s...

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