From a pint sized charmer in St Ives to a flavour forward Manchester favourite, in celebration of English Wine Week here are the best wine bars and bottle shops across Britain that will feed you well....
Thursday 21 November 2024 is Beaujolais Nouveau. Each year proves to be a special day in viticulture, celebrating a markedly unconventional French wine. Since the ‘70s, thirsty types in excellent cars have raced down to Beaujolais to pick up bottles of the first release of the year: that juicy, light red that slips down so proficiently. But how did the writer Bill Knott get on carrying out the whole jamboree in reverse? He and a few pals took English wine to France long before the French knew we were even making it...
From soggy early plantings in the early 1950s to a run of outstanding recent vintages, the Guide’s wine expert Stuart Walton takes a deep dive into the story of English wine and selects five bottles to enjoy now.
'Wine... the intellectual part of the meal', according to Alexandre Dumas. Here at The Good Food Guide, we know that where there is good food, good wine usually follows. A glass (or bottle) of well-matched wine can bring out the best of a meal, so here are some of our ......
Are you confused by restaurant wine lists? Of course you are. Do you panic, point at the first thing that you vaguely recognise and hope it’s OK? Of course you do.
