Quite agree. Having tried quite a number of no / low alc wines I’ve concluded they don’t work if you’re after a ‘wine’ experience. The alcohol is a key factor in carrying the delicate complex flavour and aroma compounds to the palate. Beer is more forgiving and there are many great no alc beers.

Glad you made the planting day in 2017, sadly I couldn’t attend but I do have my honorary trowel 😊 It is a lovely drop 🍾 and I like the higher % Pinot in the blend of Edition I, so will be interesting to see what future Editions are like when they up the Chardonnay %

As someone who’s worked with some dubiously technical wine notes for consumer menus etc I fear the issue is brand manager time and being too time poor and close to the trade. When a business carries 1000+ SKUs, writing simple consumer friendly wine notes doesn’t happen, as much as I agree with you!

Hi Sorcha, drop a line to the UK distributor www.hatchmansfield.com/our-winemake... who can clue you in on where it’s available. I believe supply is limited so may only be available on-trade for now (don’t quote me). The Evremond team are lovely if you’re ever in Kent www.domaineevremond.com

Not as it was a decade ago. It’s had a quieter period of late so we shall see. But a little less hectic, still with plenty to explore, is no bad thing.

A statement I don’t think any of us thought we’d ever read in our lifetimes.