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KRUG 2002

In my inverted snobbery, middle-class mildly rebellious way, I was expecting to question whether Krug 2002 was all it was hyped up to be. Well, dammit, the hype is entirely justified. It is, without doubt, outstanding; indeed, one of the best champagnes I have ever tasted. Up here in Birmingham we are a little late to the Krug party, but […]

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Pink Fizz for Valentine’s Day

Rosé fizz is a tricky thing to get right. And I don’t mean knowing which to buy. Making it is hard. Once upon a time rosé champagne was nothing but an embarrassing mistake, deemed to be a faulty wine. If you weren’t extremely careful, colour from the black grapes, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier, might […]

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Bubbles in Brum

Birmingham may not immediately spring to mind as the centre of the universe for Champagne. But think again. Up here in beautiful Brum, yes indeed, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, we have a lot to celebrate – a state of the art library, a new New Street station, Michelin starred restaurants coming […]

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LOVE WINE

Bragging isn’t a very British way to behave.  So forgive me. But I simply have to boast about the amazing exhibitors we have secured for Love Wine, the wine festival BYWine is organising on 7th November at Hotel du Vin, Birmingham. For starters we have four of the most important and interesting local wine merchants; […]

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The Birth of Birmingham’s Wine Scene

Birmingham’s wine-scene is at last well and truly established. For years there was only a handful of people seriously selling, buying, tasting and presenting wine. For a time it seemed that there was actually only Connolly’s and me: them selling, me presenting. Both Chris Connolly and I have been in the business all our working lives, […]