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So this market will only increase in the next two years as we have spectacular tariffs of over £1.25 a bottle against non-EU wine, and a poor exchange rate against EU wine, whose producers expect US to subsidise THEM.
Hey EU scum, are you listening? Stiffing British taxpayers to subsidise your admittedly quite good wine is not a good marketing strategy for Team EU.
Anyway, so 'British Wine' is fermented and bottled in the UK using imported grape juices. As opposed to 'English Wine' where the grapes are grown in England. Or 'Scottish wine' where the . . . erm, the climate isn't right, but you might get a bottle or two if you have a vine under glass or plastic ( cf. Edinburgh city farm has a nice one ).
English wine costs around £10/bottle. British wine costs around £10 for 3 bottles and I've checked a couple out, so you don't have to.
Three Mills Red - got an address in Norfolk on the label, 11% ABV, quite dark in colour, neutral smell so don't bother with a proper sniffing glass, first tastes quite heavy, goes nicely with beef, but not so much with chicken, and a bit of a hangover the next day.
Straw Hat Red - got an address in Huddersfield on the label, 11% ABV, lighter in colour, quite pleasing on the eye, smells a little like paint, first taste is really rather nice and goes very nicely with chicken which is always a good market to target. You can imagine drunk gardener types getting through a couple of glasses of this while eating tikka chicken on a skewer at their picnic table. The definite winner. Imv, of course.
Hey EU scum, are you listening? Stiffing British taxpayers to subsidise your admittedly quite good wine is not a good marketing strategy for Team EU.
Anyway, so 'British Wine' is fermented and bottled in the UK using imported grape juices. As opposed to 'English Wine' where the grapes are grown in England. Or 'Scottish wine' where the . . . erm, the climate isn't right, but you might get a bottle or two if you have a vine under glass or plastic ( cf. Edinburgh city farm has a nice one ).
English wine costs around £10/bottle. British wine costs around £10 for 3 bottles and I've checked a couple out, so you don't have to.
Three Mills Red - got an address in Norfolk on the label, 11% ABV, quite dark in colour, neutral smell so don't bother with a proper sniffing glass, first tastes quite heavy, goes nicely with beef, but not so much with chicken, and a bit of a hangover the next day.
Straw Hat Red - got an address in Huddersfield on the label, 11% ABV, lighter in colour, quite pleasing on the eye, smells a little like paint, first taste is really rather nice and goes very nicely with chicken which is always a good market to target. You can imagine drunk gardener types getting through a couple of glasses of this while eating tikka chicken on a skewer at their picnic table. The definite winner. Imv, of course.
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Delta - British Wine is **** e but English Wine (although expensive) is very diference and very far from **** e.
Would you like some recommendations?
Would you like some recommendations?
"smells a little like paint"
I wouldn't apply for the marketing job at the British Wine Board if I were you......
I wouldn't apply for the marketing job at the British Wine Board if I were you......
I saw another addition to the British Wines list at the Spar this week.
It's called Distant Vines and is fermented and bottled by a company called Broadland at an address in NR10. I was looking forward to trying it as the Sauvignon Blanc has a 10% alcohol content and that could be for one of two reasons:
-they're trying to economise on the duty payable, but at £3.89/bottle they aren't passing the saving on
-they've tried to make the best wine they could from the concentrate, and if the ABV is low then so be it
Alas, it seems like option one is most likely.
The aroma is like a cross between peach and petrol station, and the taste on its own is light, but sharp like being hit with a note of greek yoghurt. It does taste rather nice as a compliment to apple pie with a thick pastry and doesn't leave you hung over so it isn't all bad.
Straw Hat still the best of the well-known brands imv.
It's called Distant Vines and is fermented and bottled by a company called Broadland at an address in NR10. I was looking forward to trying it as the Sauvignon Blanc has a 10% alcohol content and that could be for one of two reasons:
-they're trying to economise on the duty payable, but at £3.89/bottle they aren't passing the saving on
-they've tried to make the best wine they could from the concentrate, and if the ABV is low then so be it
Alas, it seems like option one is most likely.
The aroma is like a cross between peach and petrol station, and the taste on its own is light, but sharp like being hit with a note of greek yoghurt. It does taste rather nice as a compliment to apple pie with a thick pastry and doesn't leave you hung over so it isn't all bad.
Straw Hat still the best of the well-known brands imv.
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