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Nigel Pargetter is dead

English Wine Industry mourns Nigel Pargetter

by on 05. Jan, 2011 in WOTW News

Nigel Pargetter died on Sunday night after falling from the roof of Lower Loxley Hall in the village of Ambridge, Borsetshire. Nigel was the ‘go-to’ man in the village on all matters relating to fine wine. A keen enthusiast of Bordeaux and Burgundy, Nigel also produced wine from his own vines at Lower Loxley. Wineoftheweek [...]

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Ever Been Puzzled by Wine Labels?

by on 22. Jan, 2010 in Wine Label Oddities

I imagine the thought process went something like this: Wino 1: ‘I was in the White Burgundy section of Oddbins yesterday and I really found the wine labels puzzling” Wino 2: ‘Yes they can be difficult to decipher. By the way, I was doing this word puzzle on the train this morning and couldn’t find the [...]

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