Is British Wine the Next Big Thing?

EuroWeekly News ^ | 16 Apr 2024 | John Ensor

[Veto!]

Their food isn’t bad enough?
Now, rain soaked, fog shrouded grapes,

[Political Junkie Too]

What is a British wine?

Is it something like "We want our priiiiiiiivacyyyyyy!!!"

-PJ

[MeganC]

England used to be noted for Claret. Perhaps it can be again.

[ArtDodger]

In a word... Ugh!
Right up there with the warm beer.

[Terry L Smith]

British w(h)ine:

“I wanna go to Bermuda!”

[Joe 6-pack]

Their food isn’t bad enough?

As the old saying goes, in heaven the engineers are German, the police are British and the chefs are French.

In hell, the engineers are French, the police are German, and the chefs British...

[Clutch Martin]

Wine...

Which British wine do I drink with my pork liver pudding, or my ploughmans lunch?

The sad thing about wine is if you have to spend some big money to get a bottle that tastes anything close to what wine is supposed to taste like.

But... open a budget cabernet, put a plastic baggy over the top, secure with a twist tie, put it in cool dark closet for about 6 months and the end result is a nice vinegar.

[Tell It Right]

During the Medieval Warm Period, the UK became more respected for wine than France. Looks like we might be repeating that in the Modern Warm Period. The political class tells us to fear global warming. But people like you and me who know history know that the Modern Warm Period is just a repeat of prior warm periods.

[mewzilla]

Nothing screams confidence like giving something taxpayer money, eh?

[maddog55]

If it’s anything like their breakfast I’d pass.

[Menes]

Yes, but claret was not grown in England, despite it being one of the most popular drinks there in the Middle Ages - for those who could afford it.
It was from Aquitaine, i.e. Southwest France, which was a fief of the English King for centuries. Thus, while not being techniclly part of the Kingdom of England, both territories had strong economic ties to each other.

English wines were considered very good, too, during the Medieval Climate Optimum, but they were mostly white, as far as I know.

White grapes, actually, can abide slightly cooler climates than red ones, and they can even benefit (when growing-conditions are right) from the weather not being too hot.

[FreedomPoster]

There are also strong economic ties between the UK and Portugal, and several of the big port houses were started by Brits/Scots. Cockburn’s, for instance, was started by a Scot who’s been there with Wellington fighting the French during the Napoleonic Wars. Sandeman, Dow, Taylor, there are several others that fall into this category.

[Menes]

Very interesting. I hadn’t been aware of that.

What I have read, however, is that in the Middle Ages as well as later, Portuguese wines were popular in England as well.
Furthermore, Portuguese and Spanish wine exports to England intensified after England had lost Aquitaine, for obvious reasons.

:-)

[Ezekiel]

Well, if they must.

[Red Badger]

That and British cuisine..........

[Right Brigade]

“Which British wine do I drink with my pork liver pudding, or my ploughmans lunch?”

Scrumpy 8% abv.

[Red Badger]

So the UK is to blame for Mateus?.........................

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks nickcarraway.

• Bedfordshire A428 dig: Evidence of Roman beer production found [04/05/2022]
• Britain's cold, wet summer yields poor quality grapes [10/16/2012]
• Can British wine grapes resolve a global warming question? [12/13/2006]
• Facing wine glut, Europe's vintners distil wine into industrial alcohol [11/30/2006]
• Grapes of wrath for French vineyards as millions of bottles are destroyed [11/27/2006]
• English Elm 'Brought By Romans' [10/28/2004]
• Wine now prescribed in British hospital [07/03/2003]

[Red Badger]

I’ll have to ask for it at my local British Restaurant.
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If they ever build one...........