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Why won't the British treat wine seriously?

I was accused this week of being a wine snob. Plus ça change – I'm the editor of Decanter magazine – so no, when trying to source decent wine, I generally don't linger around the supermarkets' under-£5 [...]

Posted On : Aug, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

On the grapevine: British royals to make wine

After serving English wine at the wedding of Prince William and Catherine, the royal family has now set its sights on producing bubbly. More than 16,000 vines will be planted next week in Windsor Great Park, the former hunting park of Que [...]

Posted On : May, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Top winemaker selling Australian, British unit

Constellation Brands Inc. said Thursday it is selling 80 percent of its Australian and British wine business to an Australian private equity firm for about $230 million, losing its distinction as the world's biggest wine company. [...]

Posted On : Dec, 25 2010 | Comments : 0

Is this British sparking wine the best in the world?

When I heard Nyetimber Classic Cuvee 2003 had come out top in a blind tasting at the world sparkling wine championships in Verona, beating super-brands such as Louis Roederer 2000 (who make the famous Cristal), my reaction was: so what? [...]

Posted On : Feb, 01 2010 | Comments : 0

The British know their wine

The ubiquitous Nicolas (no, not President Sarkozy, but the equally omnipresent French wine shop) proves that we British know a lot, lot more about wine than our Gallic neighbours. Founded in 1822, the company’s distinctive maroon-and- [...]