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Wine for Christmas

As we come ever closer towards the big day, the hunt for the perfect Christmas wine is well and truly

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Wine for Christmas

As we gallop towards Christmas, all sorts of panic and excitement coming at us fast; buying the Christmas pressies, trying

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Christmas Wine Recommendations

The festive season is well and truly upon us and, as always, it’s the time for some top tips on

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Ian’s Christmas Wine Recommendation 2020

With Christmas just around the corner Ian is here to share his Christmas Wine recommendations Who would have thought just

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Wine recommendations from Sainsbury’s

Finally results of climate change are coming through. It is not good news for younger wine drinkers. Doesn’t really affect

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First Wine Blog of 2020

As with most other people, I haven’t been shopping for wine since Christmas, but now for the first wine blog

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Ian’s Christmas Wine recommendation

Well, it’s that time of year again, Christmas is almost upon us. Not my favourite time to be honest, too

Wines for Christmas Day
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Wines for Christmas Day

Someone asked me the other day what wines, after recommending some wines to consider, I would be drinking on Christmas

Christmas Wines
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Ians Christmas Wines Recommendations – Reds and Ports

As promised, a few reds and ports to consider for Christmas. I hope you are already choosing some wines and

Christmas Wines
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Ian’s Christmas Wine – White & Sparkling

Doesn’t Christmas come around quickly. It only seems like yesterday when I put the 2017 list out, but it has

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Ian’s Vegetarian wine recommendation for the summer sun

For years I have been having dinner parties, and entertained vegetarian/vegan guests. I have been a bad boy though, as

correspondents
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Ian’s view of vineyards, newspaper correspondents and big ballsy reds

Thinking about wine, which I tend to do a lot of the time, my mind went from how many vineyards

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Wine, well spotted Ian!

There is only one magazine I have been receiving longer than Decanter Wine and that is Private Eye which I

dry(ish) January
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Ian Mitchell’s notes on a dry(ish) January

I have always chosen easily accessible wine from the supermarkets and Majestic, but it’s time to admit that I also

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Wines for Christmas

The run up to Christmas, and a few Christmas wine ideas to stock the cellar, but not spend too much.

Spermarket wine
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Ian Mitchell’s supermarket wine selection

Writing an article in H&C News initially started because I actually write a weekly blog for our people in bartlett

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Ian Mitchell’s summer wine reflections from the Languedoc Roussillon

My summer of exploring around the Languedoc Roussillon is sadly over, but some great wines were enjoyed. I was delighted

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Ian Mitchell’s latest Beaujolais region wine update and recommendations

As promised in my last blog, I was visiting the Beaujolais region which lies between Burgundy and the Northern Rhone.

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Ian’s Friday Tipple, direct from his current tour of Languedoc

Fortunately I am still enjoying my extended break in the Languedoc area of France and seeing some great wines. A

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Ian’s Friday Tipple

Co-incidentally, my first wine article for H&C News finds me spending time at my small village house amongst miles and

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Wines for Christmas and the New Year

Not sure what to drink this festive season? Ian shares his recommendations – Wines  for Christmas and the New Year

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Winsome festive wines, courtesy of our Chairman

Great books on wine  For a smaller present I recommend Hugh Johnson’s 2014 Pocket Wine Book. It’s the best wine