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Against All Odds, the English Are Finally Drinking Their Own Wine

When I left London in December 2012, after residing there for more than a decade, English wine barely registered on the radars of wine lovers. In fact, it was widely considered something of a joke. My English friends and colleagues—ever self-deprecating in nature—freely derided their homegrown wine for its soaring acidity, owing to the nation’s […]

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How the Late ‘Johnny Cash of English Wine’ Changed British Bubbles Forever

Author’s Note: On Wednesday, October 2nd 2025, one of English wine’s most treasured and pioneering winemakers, Peter Hall of Breaky Bottom, died at the age of 82. Peter was a vigneron in the truest sense of the word. He lived for 51 years in his verdant burrow of the South Downs, tending to his vines […]

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