Comments on: English Wine? Stop laughing! http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2007/07/29/english-wine-stop-laughing/ Deliciously Hedonistic Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:57:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Alastair Bathgate http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2007/07/29/english-wine-stop-laughing/comment-page-1/#comment-337 Alastair Bathgate Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:53:25 +0000 http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2007/07/29/english-wine-stop-laughing/#comment-337 Ciaran Send me a bottle - would be delighted to try it. I presume you will be releasing end of 2008 after 12 months in new oak barrels? ;-) Ciaran

Send me a bottle – would be delighted to try it. I presume you will be releasing end of 2008 after 12 months in new oak barrels? ;-)

]]> By: Ciaran http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2007/07/29/english-wine-stop-laughing/comment-page-1/#comment-336 Ciaran Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:22:25 +0000 http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2007/07/29/english-wine-stop-laughing/#comment-336 One of my favourite wines ever was English - produced in my own kitchen. The Merlot grapes were imported from Chile though, in concentrated form, so I guess calling it English wine is a bit cheeky. It was around about £50 for the grape concentrate, and we got approx 40 bottles out of it - beat that for value! I honestly rated it on a par with some of the £12 bottles I used to buy (no more of that kind of extravagance these days, you get can get quite a few nappies for £12). The downside was that those 40 bottles lasted only a few weeks!! I have a conservatory full of genuine English grapes though, and this year I'm determined to make wine out of them - last year a shocking proportion went on the compost heap, as we just couldn't eat them quick enough. Maybe you can be the first reviewer, if you're prepared to stoop as low as home-made wine. ;) One of my favourite wines ever was English – produced in my own kitchen. The Merlot grapes were imported from Chile though, in concentrated form, so I guess calling it English wine is a bit cheeky. It was around about £50 for the grape concentrate, and we got approx 40 bottles out of it – beat that for value! I honestly rated it on a par with some of the £12 bottles I used to buy (no more of that kind of extravagance these days, you get can get quite a few nappies for £12). The downside was that those 40 bottles lasted only a few weeks!!

I have a conservatory full of genuine English grapes though, and this year I’m determined to make wine out of them – last year a shocking proportion went on the compost heap, as we just couldn’t eat them quick enough. Maybe you can be the first reviewer, if you’re prepared to stoop as low as home-made wine. ;)

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