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Looking For Value In Bordeaux

For many, Bordeaux is the home of wine, commanding huge prices and receiving unrelenting press coverage with each year’s vintage reports and en primeur sales. Honestly, I’d never quite understood the...

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Burns Night: Haggis Wines?

Burns Night is fast approaching, arriving this coming Sunday. In anticipation of the coming night here are some of my choices for wine and spirits to toast, and then drink alongside the glorious...

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High Society: Introducing Our First ‘Celebrity Wine’

Celebrity culture is huge in our society today (not The Wine Society, but society as a whole…). One area of particular interest is celebs’ business ventures outside of their usual expertise, be it...

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English Sparkling Wine: Right Here, Right Now

‘England can’t make decent wine’ is a phrase that I have been forced to roll my eyes at far too often. Nyetimber in SussexDespite all the appreciation from wine writers and the international awards and...

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Photogenic Fizz

To celebrate the arrival of the first English wine under The Society’s Exhibition label we wanted to  mark the occasion by getting members involved in the festivities. To that end, with the support of...

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NEW Port Infographic: Demystifying a Christmas Favourite

A bottle of port is seldom far away from most Christmas dining tables, usually savoured after dinner with a piece of Stilton. The French and Spanish, however, enjoy port throughout the year, offering...

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Champagne low-down: a new infographic

To the un-initiated Champagne is just another fizzy wine with little to distinguish it from all the rest. However, for such a fascinating and beguiling wine this is an incalculable under-estimation....

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Introducing Our First Interactive Map: Italy

We are always looking for interesting and useful ways to share information with our members. The success of our infographics and Twitter tastings, for instance, have been great to see; but one area we...

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