Exotic grapes – a love story

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Anyone who knows anything about our latest book Wine Grapes – a complete guide to 1,368 vine varieties including their origins and flavours will know that I am likely to be madly in love with unusual grapes.

I was recently treated to a tasting of a collection of them in London by someone who is every bit as besotted by them as me. I describe the tasting in A grape treat but please regard this collection of tasting notes as a little offering for St Valentine's Day.

In the nearly two weeks since that tasting I have been able to...