Archive for February, 2009

Champagne - the last bastion of wine brands

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

We had yet another recommendation in the wine columns at the weekend, this time for our Carlin Rose Champagne. The Sunday Times columnist Joanna Simon said something which I have long thought; “The point of high profile brands is not value for money so much as buying a name. Less famous names are cheaper.”
Well, not [...]

Prosecco di Valdobbiadene, the “Champagne” of Italy?

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

We are delighted to launch a range of four different Proseccos from Azienda Agricola Serre, high up in the hills, some 30 miles north of Venice.
True to form, the wine region/designation has a long and complicated official name; DOC Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene. (This impenetrability and confusion possibly being one of the reasons why Italian wines [...]

Veggie Plot 2nd Feb

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

No digging today, then!