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‘English wine estates need to play the long game’

S ippingon the delicious Hambledon Vineyard, Première Cuvée Brut last night, I couldn’t help thinking about the late Steven Spurrier and his Judgement of Paris blind tasting in 1976, which single-handedly put Californian wines on the map.

I’m a massive fan of English sparkling wines, which are getting better with every vintage, aided by the changing climate, of course – the grapes are filling up with sun, and you can taste that in the glass. So how can we

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