English wine

Free for all It was announced this morning that English sparkling wine producer Gusbourne Estate is to be bought by Shellproof, the English...

Tasting articles For three years now, the world's largest blind tasting of English sparkling wines has taken place in Parsons Green, south-west...

Don't quote me While Europe freezes, Melbourne is almost molten with heat, towards the end of yet another record-breakingly hot summer in Australia...

Don't quote me John Atkinson MW has a particular interest in terroir and soil composition, as you can read in his Terroir and...

Free for all The English and Welsh Wine of the Year competition has just announced its results, with 14 gold, 88 silver and...

Free for all I heard twice, now three times, from award-winning Cornish winemaker Bob Lindo of Camel Valley today. His first despatch was...

Tasting articles It is often observed that the occasional non-sparkling wines of the Champagne region provide a most compelling argument in favour...

Inside information Yesterday saw a posse of national and international media teams assembled to witness the first vines being planted (see the...

Free for all This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. See 70 UK fizzes reviewed in...

Tasting articles See English fizz grows up for an overview. Earlier this month I had the great pleasure of participating in the...

Wines of the week From £12.66 Find this wine It's a pleasure to travel round the world and no longer have to apologise for...

Free for all This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. Perhaps the best thing to happen...

Tasting articles English sparkling wine really does seem to have a head of steam (carbon dioxide?) behind it at the moment, with...

Free for all Plumpton graduate Janette Kelly (pictured) of the organic Meopham Vineyard in Kent sends this supplement to my overview of the...

Free for all To coincide with British Food Fortnight, the Hart brothers' Soho restaurant Quo Vadis will be hosting an English wine tasting...

Free for all HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, aka Camilla, second wife of Prince Charles, has just landed the job of President of...