Tamlyn writes It’s impossible to overstate the exponential improvement in quality of English still wine over the past five years. Quality is obviously not something one can measure objectively or by numbers, but across the board English still wines get better and better with every passing year. There are now some seriously good wines to be found, and I emphasise ‘serious’...
English wines, not standing still
The US is not the only country making cool-climate wines to potentially rival those of Burgundy, at a fraction of the price. Jancis will also be writing about some top-quality English still wines in her FT article on Saturday.
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