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Taittinger comes to Kent

Tasting at the Vineyard

Wine Gang at Vinopolis

Judgement of Paris

David's Beer Tasting

IWC 2015 Results

Royal Family to plant vineyard at Windsor Great Park

World's Oldest Champagne

World's Oldest Winery

Taittinger comes to Kent

Champagne Taittinger said today (9 December) that it has bought 69 hectares of farmland in Kent, in a venture with other investors in what it termed a ‘Franco-British alliance’.
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Tasting at the Vineyard

On 21 November 2015, Elaine and David enjoyed a tasting event at the Vineyard restaurant, Newbury.
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Wine Gang at Vinopolis

On 14th November 2015, Elaine and David spent a full day at the Wine Gang Winter Festival tasting wines at Vinopolis in Borough Market near London Bridge.
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Judgement of Paris

On 24 May 1976 in Paris, Steven Spurrier, a British wine merchant, organised a wine competition in which French judges carried out two blind tasting comparisons:
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David's Beer Tasting

David Russell presented a beer tasting evening for the Normanton on Soar Round Table at the Plough, Normanton-on-Soar on 17th September 2015.
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IWC 2015 Results

The International Wine Challenge results have now been released.
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Royal Family to plant vineyard at Windsor Great Park

Last May, 16,700 vines were to be planted in a section of Windsor Great Park.
The vineyard will be planted with champagne varieties – Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier, the classic Champagne grape varieties – with a view to making an English sparkling wine.
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World's Oldest Champagne

Divers have found 30 bottles of champagne thought to pre-date the French Revolution on the Baltic seabed.  When they opened one, they found the wine - believed to have been made by Clicquot (now Veuve Clicquot) between 1782 and 1788 - was still in good condition.
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World's Oldest Winery

Archaeologists have unearthed the oldest wine-making facility ever found, using biochemical techniques to identify a dry red vintage made about 6,000 years ago in what is now southern Armenia.  Carbon dating showed a desiccated grape vine found near a wine press was grown around 4000 BC.  The rich, red wines produced there are Merlots and Cabernet Sauvignons.
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