"Before I would say it’s a wine film, I would say this is a geopolitical thriller about the Middle East and a region that’s been at war for a very long time and is centered around wine" hollywoodreporter.com/movies…
With Pet Nat in fashion and with UK wine on the rise, a ‘Brit Nat’ explosion might have been inevitable. Sophie Thorpe lays out the landscape and selects five top bottles from a lively tasting of 'alternative' sparkling wines across England and Wales
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Buy this if you can - #Bellebonne BdB 2015 Natalie Fryar Quick take: oak aroma, on the palate fresh, balanced, light, extremely refined. 100% Chardonnay, single vineyard, fully fermented in 3 y o barrels, full MLF, 5.5 on lees, 4.25 g/l. 1029 bottles @WineTasmania@TysonStelzer
Lot 2 is a stunning selection of @BlackChalkWine sparkling wines from their library collection, comprising a bottle each of Black Chalk Classic and Black Chalk Wild Rose from its first three vintages: 2015, 2016 and 2017.
Inside the pretty bottles @perrierjouet masterclass w Eric Trichard & Alexandre Freguin, The Art of Chardonnay started w BdB NV (to clear our palates) to 2006, 2004, 2012, 1995 - terroir, climate change & time @TasteChampEvent
Hugely happy at attend @LudwigMentz massive @BollingerUK lunch/launch today @thewoodspeen - very happy also to see one of the PR crew is the spit of Alan Rickman.
A lovely book indeed. What is the exact count - as of this month - of all ESW (and WSW) vineyards/producers? Knowing about them all is a lovely game of go seek
Happy World Book Day!
We love this beautiful book by the godfather of English wine, Oz Clarke. He is a long-standing champion of the industry and we were delighted to have him open our state-of-the-art winery in 2016!
What will you be reading today?
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Our new guest columnist, winery CEO Hector Lannible, knows what people need in these difficult times. And that's more of everything.
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Delighted to discover that there’s a heart-warming, competition-based documentary (my favourite film festival genre) at @glasgowfilmfest this year. Four Zimbabwean refugees who become sommeliers and enter the World Blind Wine Tasting Championships? SOLD. #GFF#GFF22