WATCHING BBC2’s Food & Drink, it is interesting to see that the chefs do not
seem to have a limit on their ingredient spend – but when it comes to wine to
match, it has to be under £10 per bottle.
Prosecco sales may have overtaken champagne, but many still want to celebrate with the name ‘champagne’ on the label. As the big brand makes get pricier, the supermarkets are stocking their own-label entries, or champagnes with fancy unknown names, at competitive prices.
The steep, south-facing slopes in this narrow, sheltered Cornish valley have been used for sheep grazing for centuries. Today, there are 24,000 vines here in one of Britain’s most successful vineyards, Camel Valley.
Two of our barrels exploded with the intense heat we have had this summer,” says Paul Miller. I am standing in the barrel room of the Eden Brewery in Fife, a craft brewery on the Eden estuary, which has been making waves with its stylish, artisan, oaked ales.
