Corks now seal around 60% of wine bottles, down from around 95% in the 1990s. For Portugal’s producers of corks, …
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How much should you spend on a bottle of wine
An article in The Daily Mail based on an infographic from Naked Wines reveals that there is only 37p worth of …
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Enter a bar today and we are spoilt for choice. Supermarkets have aisles of wines to choose from, not so …
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Coffee, not wine, tea or beer is the most popular drink worldwide. As a cup of coffee often follows a …
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We’ve overcome our prejudice against screw top closures, now it seems, the same is true of wine in a box. …
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A record amount of Gin was sold in 2016 Gin sales rose by 16% in 2016 to around forty million …
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Scotland has been producing Scotch Whisky since the fifteenth century. It accounts for about a quarter of UK food and …
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Don’t be put off by the over sweet mass market fizz called cider on offer in many bars. Proper …
Read More »Wine Knowledge – Gamay (Beaujolais)
Every November enterprising restaurants and bars cash in on Beaujolais Nouveau Day, the third Thursday in November. Such has been …
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Here is a grape or is it the name with an identity crisis: Several grapes from around the world have …
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