This year Country Life has found some interesting stories for wine lovers, and for those who are looking for gift ideas for someone who loves wine. Here are our three favourite recent articles for oenophile, from beginners to seasoned experts.
* How to get started wine tasting. Have you always loved wine but never taken your passion further? This is the year to find out more.
* Create your own Bordeaux. For someone who already considers themselves an expert, the chance to make their own wine is bound to be tempting.
* Commission a wine room/cellar for your property. If your collection is starting to need a more bespoke home, it's time to commission your own wine room.
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Uniquely unique? The Yorkshire grain silos transformed into a home that's a symphony in glass, steel and curvesAmid the beautiful countryside of North Yorkshire, on the edge of the Castle Howard Estate, The Silos is a property for which the word 'house' simply doesn't cut it. And that's not the only way in which it's made us throw out the dictionary.
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Polluting water executives now face up to two years in prison, but will the new laws make much of a difference?The Government has announced that water company executives caught covering up illegal sewage spills could now be imprisoned for two years, under new laws — but many still have their doubts.
