I have a Norwegian wife and an Italian brother in law. Luckily they’ve been in the UK for long enough now to know that English food is amazing. Not a lot of people from outside (infact inside as well) the country know that. We’ve got great meats, vegetables, fruit, and (being an island) great fish …
This is an incredibly apt post to be writing today, as I look out on another grey sky in London. England (and Wales) is famous, or should I say infamous, for dreadful weather! It always rains here doesn’t it? Grapes need sunshine more than anything to ripen properly. How does it work over here?
There’ll be another post along later this evening about the wines themselves that I’ve picked out for trying this week. But first an apology from me. I was horribly lazy yesterday and used the term British Wine as a catch all term for wines from Britain. It’s been rightly pointed out that that’s wrong, I …
#NWTW 56 – British Wine or English/Welsh/Scottish Wine Read More »
I remember just before the London 2012 Olympics, there was a feeling of dread living in London. Clearly as we, the British, were putting it on it was going to be shit. We’re not flashy show-boaters with a penchant for all the razzmatazz that’s needed to put this stuff on and wow the watching world! …
#NWTW 56 – Does English Wine Have An Image Problem In Britain? Read More »
Anyone else got “Jerusalem” ringing round in their heads? No? Well let’s see if we can change that this week! You’ve voted for England for the letter E!
It’s ok ladies and gents, you can open your eyes again, you’ve made it to Friday!!! I think like most of the Northern Hemisphere we’ve had a week over here in the UK of woolen socks and turning up radiators, so I think we all deserve a wine dinner, don’t we?
This little man is going to spend his years protecting the wine racks! If you’d all like to raise a glass, and welcome Alfie!
Really hoping a few of you managed to brave the price bump this week and treat yourselves to a bottle (or two if you were feeling plush) of English bubbles. Amazingly enough we did manage to toast the sunshine this weekend, with the odd ray here and there on the Saturday and a full on …
#NWTW Week 21: The Verdict on My Week With English Sparkling Wine Read More »
English sparkling wine is made to be a fresh drinking wine for having a celebration with some mates. I’m racking my brain for what to celebrate, but if I see the sun once through the clouds in the next 24 hours then that’ll do!
Let’s start with a quick test. How many have you have actually drunk English wine before? I’m guessing not that many of you…
