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Top 10 summer spirits pairings
Summer is well and truly underway – and what better way to celebrate than with a selection of award-winning spirits perfectly paired with Double Dutch’s fresh and flavourful mixers
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Wine news
Top wines of Spain and Portugal unveiled in latest IWSC results announcement
The latest wine results of the IWSC 2019 have been announced, awarding the very best wines in Spain and Portugal
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Wine news
Riesling outside Germany
Riesling’s historic and cultural links to Germany mean that for many drinkers the two are indelibly linked. However, its remarkable virtues as a terroir-sensitive grape mean it has been enthusiastically adopted in other climatically-suited areas of the world.
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Spirit news
O-I helps IWSC celebrate 50 years with special bottle for special whisky
The IWSC is to partner with O-I, the world’s leading glassmaker, to create a commemorative bottle to celebrate the competition’s 50th anniversary
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Wine news
Judge profile: Alex Hunt MW
Alex joined the wine trade as a van driver for Oddbins while studying Philosophy and Psychology at the University of Oxford
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31 days of German Riesling
Riesling, perhaps the wine trade’s favourite grape variety, is under the spotlight this month with the increasingly popular nationwide campaign - 31 days of Riesling – running from 1st to 31 July.
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Wine news
The best of English rosés
To celebrate the success of English rosé, we’ve handpicked a range of exquisite award-winning tipples to complement the warmer weather as we head into summer
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Assyrtiko, an alternative to Chablis
Clean, pure styles of wine with steely minerality are very much in vogue, and classic wines such as Chablis have certainly benefitted.
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Perfect picnic wines
As the summer holiday season kicks off all over Europe and the weather warms up, the opportunity to dine al fresco is difficult to pass up.
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Provence, rosé's spiritual home
What could be more appropriate than celebrating the longest day of the year and the start of the British summer than with a spotlight on rosé's home: Provence
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