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A Tasting on the Sweet Side: Muscadine wines at San Sebastian Winery, St. Augustine, Florida

21 December 2010
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During my cursory research into Floridian winemaking I was shocked to discover there are no AVAs in the state. Not one. Zilch. Given that Florida was the first state in which migrant Europeans cultivated grapes (the Spanish, aparently, for sacramental wine) this may seem strange, but the climate of Florida is so hot and humid – borderline [...]

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Majestic – The Wine Course: An Inspiring Introduction Indeed…

4 November 2010
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Legend has it there’s no such thing as free wine; indeed, in the past I’ve usually found such offers come loaded with invisible caveats like speech-making relatives, hard-selling second-hand clothes merchants, or worse: the burdensome necessity to affect the persona of an art critic for an entire evening. But when I saw that the good [...]

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Wine Tasting at Houghton Mill – Part One

5 October 2010
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Houghton Mill is a National Trust-owned water mill on the Great Ouse, which runs through my fiancée’s parents’ village in Cambridgeshire, and the October wine tasting event – held there annually to raise funds for the Houghton & Wyton Christmas Lights – is fast becoming the highlight of my own personal wine calendar. Admittedly I [...]

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