English Wine | Oz Clarke Fortified and of a country taking

and of a country taking full advantage of the vagaries of climate change to ripen Chardonnay and Pinot Noir to levels perfect for sparkling wine

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It used to be the easiest way in the wine world to get a laugh start extolling the virtues of English wine

One of the great pleasures of wine is to drink it where it is grown and made

English Wine | Oz Clarke Fortified and of a country takingIt used to be the easiest way in the wine world to get a laugh start extolling the virtues of English wine. Oh, how they would chortle! And they had a point. Until the 1990s hardly any English wine was more than a curiosity to be drunk if you had no other choice. The old fashioned view of English wine is that of a cottage industry made up of amateurs struggling with the mud and the drizzle. The modern view is of a country amazingly blessed with vast