This weekend we headed out for a picnic in the grounds of a minor stately home, whilst listening to an entertaining and talented steel drum band followed by a fabulous Salvation Army band who put on a ‘Last Night Of The Proms‘ selection followed by the 1812 Overture with a mesmerising fireworks display. The whole… Read More »
Another trip to Kent, another bottle of English wine to try. This time a Biddenden Ortega 2004 . I’ve strolled around the vineyards at Biddenden, they’re really quite sweet compared to the huge operations elsewhere in Europe. The family outfit pays the rent with Cider, apple juice and a coffee shop selling lots of local jams and… Read More »
England take on Portugal tomorrow and I’m keeping up my patriotic duty with another English wine. This time it’s Biddenden’s Gribble Bridge Rose 2004. It’s made in a tiny town in Kent in what is claimed to be England’s oldest privately owned commercial vineyard. That’s about a great a claim as being England’s oldest un-injured… Read More »