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Visit an English vineyard
A plea to get out in the vines this autumn – with tips on how and where to go. Above, Westwell’s vineyards in Kent. The best time to visit an...
Henry Jeffreys
Thursday 16 October 2025
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A tribute to Peter Hall (1943–2025)
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Saturday 4 October 2025
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For three years now, the world's largest blind tasting of English sparkling wines has taken place in Parsons Green, south-west...
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While Europe freezes, Melbourne is almost molten with heat, towards the end of yet another record-breakingly hot summer in Australia...
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John Atkinson MW has a particular interest in terroir and soil composition, as you can read in his Terroir and...
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The English and Welsh Wine of the Year competition has just announced its results, with 14 gold, 88 silver and...
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I heard twice, now three times, from award-winning Cornish winemaker Bob Lindo of Camel Valley today. His first despatch was...
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It is often observed that the occasional non-sparkling wines of the Champagne region provide a most compelling argument in favour...
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Yesterday saw a posse of national and international media teams assembled to witness the first vines being planted (see the...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. See 70 UK fizzes reviewed in...
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See English fizz grows up for an overview. Earlier this month I had the great pleasure of participating in the...
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It's a pleasure to travel round the world and no longer have to apologise for...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. Perhaps the best thing to happen...
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English sparkling wine really does seem to have a head of steam (carbon dioxide?) behind it at the moment, with...
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Plumpton graduate Janette Kelly (pictured) of the organic Meopham Vineyard in Kent sends this supplement to my overview of the...
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To coincide with British Food Fortnight, the Hart brothers' Soho restaurant Quo Vadis will be hosting an English wine tasting...
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HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, aka Camilla, second wife of Prince Charles, has just landed the job of President of...
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The excellence of English sparkling wine is barely even newsworthy now. But whither non-sparkling? White has long been presumed to...
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