New Autumn Wine Arrivals
I've been meaning to add these wines to the website for a few months now, but the timing seemed to be absolutely perfect this week with slightly cooler temperatures and earlier evenings.
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Maison Róisín Curley: Ballyhaunis Burgundy
I'm really thrilled to have the wines of Róisín Curley join us at The Allotment. By the time you're reading this, they'll probably be sold out, but we will be getting them back, no doubt, and weather-permitting, they'll be as good as ever.
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Languedoc-Roussillon Rule-breakers, Aubert & Mathieu
Anthony Aubert and Jean-Charles Mathieu are two good pals who want to "break the rules of the vineyard". Well, now, it's all well and good to go breaking the rules in a vineyard, but only if you can show us that what you've done is worth the effort of breaking them.
How long does a bottle of wine last after opening?
It's one of the top questions I get, so you’re trying to make a bottle of nice wine last over a few days, here are my top tips.
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Chris' Great Big Christmas Wine Quiz
Light the fire, open the Amarone or fix yourself some mulled wine and test your wine knowledge with our Big Fat Christmas Wine Quiz.
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Thinking outside and "inside out" of the box
Thinking outside of the box and bringing new life to old wine boxes before they're recycled.
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Stop press: The Allotment in the news
A couple of nice mentions in the press earlier in the month.
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Vineyard stories: the wines of CVNE
When Chris visited Haro in Rioja and discovered the wonderful wines of CVNE.
The Wines of Angelo Gaja
Simply put, Angelo Gaja, is one of the best winemakers in the world, and is often considered to be the best winemaker that Italy has ever produced.
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