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National Wine Day Discover our top 5 pick of supermarket wines... Did you know that today is considered National Wine Day in America? To mark the occasion (and for an excuse to talk about wine some more!), we have put together a list of our top five favourite supermarket wines right now. Sure, we have ...
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Top 10 World’s Happiest Countries 2018 Every year, a definitive list of the World's Happiest Countries is published by the World Happiness Report that ranks destinations around the globe according to the quality of life experienced by residents. Topping the list for 2018 is Finland, while the United Kingdom finished in 19th place. The Top ...
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Our Favourite Red Wine Destinations In the third and final part of our series on the world’s best wine destinations (follow these links for rosé and white wine if you want to catch up), today we get deep and focus on ravishing reds. Whether you prefer to sink into a full-bodied Syrah, or take the ...
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Secrets of ... the Champagne Region Every year, hundreds of thousands of tourists come to France’s Champagne region to visit its prestigious vineyards and Champagne houses. But how many of them can say they know the real Champagne? Today we shine a light on some of the region’s better-kept secrets... 1. The sparkling wine we ...
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Our Favourite Rosé Wine Destinations In the second of our series on the world’s best destinations for wine holidays, today we’re sharing our top spots for fans of rosé. This blushing beauty owes its luscious colour to grape skins, and is thought by some to be older in variety than its white and red cousins due ...
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Our Favourite White Wine Destinations Here’s something that shouldn’t surprise you: we absolutely adore a crisp glass of white wine: the acidity of a young Chardonnay; the greenness of a Sauvignon; the syrupy tang of Riesling. Why shouldn’t this surprise you? Because at Arblaster & Clarke we spend our days either touring – or planning ...
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Celebrating Special Access in Champagne Fine wine and exclusivity go together like cheese and – well, fine wine. And when it comes to short breaks, few can be more exclusive than the Champagne Weekend. Champagne is a region ripe with history and tradition, full of passionate families and effervescent characters: Coutier, Philipponnat, Marguet Pére et ...
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Five Tips for a Top Champagne Weekend Are you planning to pop your cork on a champagne weekend? Follow our five top tips and make your first getaway fizz… Get lots of sleep – Our two-night stay is short but sweet, and we’ll be bedding down in some seriously luxurious accommodation. But don’t wait until ...
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First Wine Tour? Here’s How to Make the Most of It Whether you begin in Bordeaux or Bruges, Tuscany or Tasmania, your first wine tour is certain to open you up to a whole new world of taste and temptation. Below are five expert tips to help you make the experience as full as the ...
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Top Ten Wine Tours for 2018 2018 looks to be a bumper year for wine tours, with both long-established favourites and new offerings on the table. Today we’re sharing our Top Ten, to help you choose the tour that’s right for you. 1. Ontario and the Finger Lakes – The landscape of Canada never disappoints, ...
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