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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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"I Was At This Conservative Party Fundraiser the Other Day…"

by on 14. Jul, 2009 in Wine Label Oddities, WOTW News

I recently attended a Conservative Party fundraiser. There. I’ve said it.  Just to be clear,  I will sit through a plague of Coldplay gigs before I ever vote Conservative, but when you’re under a three line whip from your mother-in-law you soon leave your political ideology hanging off the footscraper near the front door. And [...]

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"I Drove My Tractor Through Your Vineyard Last Night"

by on 26. May, 2009 in WOTW News

  Cornish vineyard Camel Valley became the only English Vineyard to win a gold medal at the recent International Wine Challenge. Yes you’ve read it right – Vineyard in Cornwall Wins Award.   Being a West Country boy, my youth was spent supping various eyesight destroying pints of Cider. Autumn Gold, Woodpecker, Scrumpy Jack (with [...]

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