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	English Wine

valann 47

1-30-2008 3:04 AM

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<P>No longer the butt of dinner party jokes, although still a minnow in a very large pond, English wine is now being taken seriously in some important quarters. In the past few years it has won international awards, mainly in the sparkling categories, with some even rivalling Champagne.</P><SPAN id="midArticle_2"></SPAN>
<P>"There's certainly a real supply and demand scenario in favour of suppliers, the future is very bright," said Simon Field, Master of Wine and buyer at wine merchant Berry Bros. and Rudd.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKL2952027120080129?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews&sp=true">Only a few years ago, producing wine in England was just a romantic pastime, done on a small scale by people who simply enjoyed growing grapes - those days are long gone with commercial demand for English vintages outpacing production.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7379D116-7E33-4EB5-8E52-762BEFBD8E50/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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