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Spring Frost - the enemy of winegrowers
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Spring Frost - the enemy of winegrowers

By Pippa Hayward

“April is the cruelest month…” – T.S. Eliot, The Wasteland Those of us fortunate enough to have gardens, look forward to spring – while cautiously...

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Richard's Spring Picks
Wine Advice

Richard's Spring Picks

By Richard Wilson

  The buying process at The Good Wine Shop during the pandemic has taken a very different shape from in the past. Whilst all our...

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Vinho Verde - Re-visiting Portugal’s most famous white wine region
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Vinho Verde - Re-visiting Portugal’s most famous white wine region

By Pippa Hayward

  Vinho Verde hugs the northwest corner of Portugal, bordered by the Atlantic and the Minho River to the north – effectively the border with...

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Why you should drink more English Fizz!
Regions Wine Advice

Why you should drink more English Fizz!

By Charlie Carter

  How English wine found its fizz   For Easter, we participated in the Big English Wine Easter campaign, to support the UK wine industry...

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Meet some of Richard's much loved German producers
Producers

Meet some of Richard's much loved German producers

By Richard Wilson

  Unsurprisingly, it has been just over a year since I was last abroad. I miss the travel, meeting wine makers and tasting their wines...

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German wine – red, white and never better
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German wine – red, white and never better

By Pippa Hayward

  A miracle has happened in Germany. A generation ago there were good German wines but you had to search hard to find some. Today they...

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Old Vines, Young Winemakers – New Wave South Africa
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Old Vines, Young Winemakers – New Wave South Africa

By Pippa Hayward

Writing a blog piece occasionally leaves me wondering where to begin – not with New Wave South Africa, I almost witnessed its birth. I was...

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Congratulations to Pippa on 10 years at The Good Wine Shop!
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Congratulations to Pippa on 10 years at The Good Wine Shop!

By The Good Wine Shop Team

  December saw Pippa celebrating 10 years with the Good Wine Shop! For the occasion, we surprised her at our Kew shop to congratulate her and...

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Avignonesi – the re-invention of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
Producers Regions

Avignonesi – the re-invention of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano

By Pippa Hayward

The region of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano (very easy to get confused with the grape variety called Montepulciano d’Abruzzo which has nothing to do with...

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