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Warming White Wines for February

3 February 2012
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Winter is a time for cosy evenings indoors curled up in front of a blazing fire. It’s also a time for enjoying hearty food and drink but that doesn’t have to exclude white wine. We tend to associate drinking white wine with summer picnics and barbecues but there are plenty of warming white wines available [...]

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White Wine and Your New Year Diet

28 December 2011
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A new year is a time for New Year’s resolutions. Many of us make a commitment to make a fresh start as the new year dawns, even if almost as many of us fail to fulfil that commitment beyond the end of January. Pledging to lose weight is one of the most common New Year’s [...]

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Budget Sparkling White Wines to Toast the New Year

24 December 2011
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The clock is chiming midnight, the strains of Auld Lang Syne are echoing around the room and glasses of Champagne are being raised to toast the New Year. Sounds familiar? But how many glasses of Champagne are likely to be raised to welcome in 2012 when so many people are cash-strapped and the financial forecasts [...]

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White Wines to Drink with Christmas Pudding, Christmas Cake and Mince Pies

19 December 2011
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Christmas is full of sweet treats. Who doesn’t relish munching on warmed mince pies, taking a big bite out of a slice of fruity Christmas cake or savouring a spoonful of spiced Christmas pudding? However, these delicious joys of the festive season pose a serious problem – what should you drink to accompany these sweet [...]

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If You Like Sauvignon Blanc You Should Try…

12 December 2011
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Since Chardonnay fell out of fashion, Sauvignon Blanc has slipped comfortably into its place as the most popular white wine grape. Sauvignon Blanc produces a fresh and fruity white wine which is best drunk young and is largely unoaked, ticking most of the boxes for the average white wine drinker. The rise in popularity of [...]

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All About Sherry

8 December 2011
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Sherry has suffered from an image problem in recent years. This fortified white wine from southern Spain is often regarded as being the favoured tipple of elderly women and is frequently produced at slightly awkward, semi-formal gatherings of associates or extended family. However, sherry has far more to offer than the small glasses of warm, [...]

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Welsh White Wines

5 December 2011
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Wales may seem very much on the periphery of the world’s white wine making industry but vines have been grown in the country since Roman times. These days more modern winemakers are starting to make a name for themselves by winning medals and awards in some of the world’s top wine competitions. According to the [...]

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If You Like Chardonnay You Should Try…

29 November 2011
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For many white wine drinkers, Chardonnay is the ultimate rich white wine. From a steely Chablis to a powerfully oaked Aussie example, Chardonnay is one of the world’s favourite white wines. Winemakers love it too as the grape is easy to work with and produces a white wine easy to mould to their own personal style. [...]

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How to Set Up a White Wine Appreciation Society

16 November 2011
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We humans are generally social beings who thrive on communication and interaction with other humans. Many of our most enjoyable experiences are those we can share with other people, enabling us to discuss our responses and even enhance the experience further by acknowledging other people’s responses as well as our own. Food and drink are [...]

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White Wine Gadgets: Things You Never Knew You Needed Until Now!

4 November 2011
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What do you do if you fancy drinking a glass or two of white wine one evening? Most of us would select a bottle, pop it in the fridge for an hour or so to chill the wine then uncork the bottle, pour the wine into a suitable glass and enjoy it. Yet for some [...]

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If You Like Pinot Grigio, Try These…

19 October 2011
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The light Italian white wine Pinot Grigio is one of the wines of the moment. Fashionable and popular, many white wine drinkers enjoy its clean, fresh taste finding it an enjoyable aperitif or a perfect white wine to accompany the light dishes in an al fresco picnic. At their best, Pinot Grigio white wines from [...]

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