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Wines for Summer Drinking
By Philippa Carr, SPAR’s very own Master of Wine Wines for Summer BBQ’s and al fresco dining Whether it’s picnics on the beach or BBQ’s in the garden it will be wonderful to spend some socially-distanced time with family and friends after these long months of Locked Down. And whatever wine you fancy – your…
English Wine Week – by Philippa Carr
The Downs rise and roll like hump backed whales breaching the chalk soil with orchards, fields and vineyards. On these white soils which plunge under the Channel and re-emerge in Champagne, England’s oldest commercial vineyard was planted at Hambledon, Hampshire in 1952. Like a pebble in the water, vineyards like Totnes award-winner Sharpham have spread…
Father’s Day Wines by Philippa Carr
Father’s Day can be difficult for some, so I am very grateful that my elderly father is still with us; and grateful, too, that his enthusiasm for wine and all those annual holidays to French wine-producing regions helped spark an interest in me. So, for anyone celebrating fatherhood in all its different forms on the…
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