English Wines Tasting in Paris (April 2010) featuring Polgoon, Hush Heath, Camel Valley,
Ridgview Wine Estate and Bookers Vineyard at Grains Nobles Tasting School
Talk about English Wines to a French and he’ll do the weirdest face, as if you had gave him a full spoon of strawberry jelly. This reaction will only be if he ever imagined that wine and English could come together, I mean: as two joint words in the same sentence. Well there is wine in England since , and since the Romans, with a resurgence this past 50 years.
You can’t really blame the French for not knowing,
The English soil might have the reputation for green lands but not for vines. Remember that English wines are different from the British wines and are made of grapes grown in the UK (you’ve read me well, in the UK). British wines on the opposite are made in the UK from imported grape and can’t be compared to their English brothers. The English soil have not been infused with much wine so that wine growers are not many in the fields with no more than 400 of them.
For this very reason, English wines are rare and confidential.
Polgoon Vineyard, Cornwall, Rosé 2009
You can’t blame us French either, because we don’t know any wines besides ours. Why would we, we have the BEST WINES on EARTH! Hum. And there you think: Horribly arrogant, self assured and condescendant, the French. And you are right. I got tired of this King of the World kind of attitude, and looked around.
In Portugal this fall i’ve discovered fantastic Portugese wines, also some I liked less. My favorite wine might be Spanish, from Priorat, or even from New Zealand, Marlborough, even though I should drink more of it to make sure. I’ve also drunk some US jewels or even Greek. We are not the only one…
Camel Valley Pinot Noir Brut
Best English Wine 2009
Not to say that the English have revealed the secret of wine and reached the top, they have yet a lot to learn and explore. But they have some good and interesting bottles that are worth trying and some less. Just like in France we have some terribly crappy juices and some wonderful delights…in bigger quantity. And if I had to sum up French wine to the white horror I drunk last night, it would not give France a chance.
Maybe you should just try a few bottles of English wine or visit their princess-like beautiful vineyards, then we could talk… just like the famous sommelier Emmanuel Delmas :
envoyé par Miss_GlouGlou.
Learning from your pupil can be rewarding and avoid the pupil to overpass the master. The English are performing better each year in their wine, wining challenges and getting rewarded. Let’s try drink English and learn the lessons from it, there is something good to retain everywhere!
So now if you missed my English Wines Tasting or want to learn more about English Wines, you can read some good websites:
Or read my next articles on the English Wines Tasting in Paris, and
Découvrons les vins anglais avec Miss Vicky Wine
envoyé par Miss_GlouGlou. – Découvrez les dernières tendances en vidéo.“>Vicky English Wines selection with all the tasting notes and the nice article by Miss GlouGlou.
Découvrons les vins anglais avec Miss Vicky Wine
envoyé par Miss_GlouGlou. – Découvrez les dernières tendances en vidéo.“>Vicky English Wines selection with all the tasting notes and the nice article by Miss GlouGlou.
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For your health,
Miss Vicky Wine
5 Comments
I know they use some of the grapes from (among other) Germany, but also Rondo, a grape variety used in Sweden. Have you ever tasted Swedish wine?
Here is my post, just in case...: http://vinumdiligo.blogspot.com/2010/03/wine-made-in-sweden.html
I will look out for some English wine and see, what it was like!
Cheers
Hello Heike,
Thank you for the information. I knew they use German Grapes and were more and more into rondo. Two of the wines we tasted had Rondo actually, they will be in my next post.
About Swedish wines, I don't recall of any in my glass.. but would sure be interested ! cheers !
Nice post Vicky. Hope you are well!
Oh Justin thank you ! I am very well and going to Spain soon. Hope we can drink Spanish together. Keep in touch !
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