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Setley Ridge [English Red] Wine From The New Forest

February 1, 2012
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“Do you know, I had the most terrific bottle of English red the other day …“ It’s something you just don’t hear people say, isn’t it? I’ve often wondered why, but never quite so much as to convince myself to buy a bottle and put my deep-seated prejudices to the test. Since a young age [...]

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Graham’s 2003 Vintage Port

December 19, 2011
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It’s getting to be that time of year, time to pull out the Port. Once the weather starts to turn cool it’s always a good idea to start pouring that fortified Portuguese red wine to ward off the cold. Although there are so many choices for Christmas Day pudding. Graham’s Port was founded in 1820 [...]

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St. Emilion – a Wine Lover’s Paradise

October 21, 2011
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There are not many places in the world where you can truly bask in the history of wine and feel the romance surrounding everything to do with it that is so often missing in the modern world. To truly understand where wine has come from – how it is grown, cultivated and harvested, how it is [...]

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Cossetto Cabernet Sauvignon 2008

June 13, 2011
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Croatia’s not exactly on the main stage when it comes to wine but over the past couple of years, they have begun to make their voices and wines heard on the international scene. The most famous region is probably the Dalmatian Coast but I visited the Istrian peninsula over the recent Easter holidays and found [...]

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Gloria 2007, a Red Wine from the Douro, Portugal

April 22, 2011
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I do enjoy Portuguese dry red wines, and none more so then the blends that come from the Douro Valley. The Douro DOC is more commonly known as the home of Port but over the past few years, the grapes that come from the steep terraces that line the Douro river are now being used [...]

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Turkish Wine, Selendi, a Red Bordeaux Blend

March 30, 2011
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Turkey is a country with a long history of wine making but it’s only been in the last few years that it has started to take it’s wine making seriously and is starting to produce quality wines for consumption outside of the country. Selendi is one of the new wineries that is beginning to appear [...]

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Vertical Tasting of Domaine du Castel – Wine From Israel

February 28, 2011
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When I think of wine from Israel I think of sticky sweet kosher wine, badly made and little more then alcoholic grape juice, often tasting “cooked” and having herbaceous qualities. In order for a wine to be considered not kosher but muvushal, it does have to go through a “cooking process”, which, while not technically [...]

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Familia Deicas 2005 Preludio Barrel Select, Red Wine

January 12, 2011
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I’ve been travelling around the southern cone of South America and have come across some very interesting, good wines. My latest find is from Uruguay. Uruguay may not be very well known outside of South America for producing quality wines but it has in the past few years really begun to make a name for [...]

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Vinturi Wine Aerator

December 3, 2010
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I was recently sent a Vinturi Wine Aerator which I’ve been enjoying trying out recently. The manufacturer Vinturi state “Simply pour wine through a Vinturi and ordinary wines become wonderful wines” which is quite a claim! It’s just a case of holding the aerator over the glass and then pouring the wine through it. The [...]

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Three Books Every Wine Lover Should Have in Their Collection

November 1, 2010
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There are a lot of books about wine available so its not always easy choosing which ones are best, particularly if you are looking for some help in selecting which wines to buy and ultimately drink. If you are like me and prefer to do as much research as possible before you buy a case [...]

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Personalised Wine Gifts

December 2, 2009
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It’s that time of year when everyone is desperately trying to work out what to buy someone who doesn’t really need anything for Christmas. With that in mind I was pleasantly surprised to take delivery of a couple of bottles with my name on them from Gone Digging. It’s a really nice novelty idea for [...]

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