How to drink your way through Christmas lunch
Our expert Harry Eyres picks out wines perfectly-matched for a traditional Christmas Day feast.
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Credit: Alamy Time to ditch Prosecco? Why Cava is 'deeper, more complex and far more interesting'
Our wine expert Harry Ayres is not a fan of the Italian bubbly which seems to be taking over the world – but he loves its Spanish cousin and has some fantastic recommendations.
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Seven stupendous wine cellars which go light years beyond dusty old storage
Wine cellars were once forgotten, cobweb-ridden holes. Now they're becoming a real feature of many modern homes, as Amelia Thorpe explains.
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Credit: Tortworth Court The best of the Black Friday deals: Wellies, country house hotels, and champagne
The world seems to be going Black Friday barmy this week. We've picked out a few of the best deals.
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Credit: Rex Five things you probably never knew about gin, in honour of 'International Gin and Tonic Day'
Yes, it's one of those silly theme days again. But who's going to complain when it gives us all a chance to talk about gin?
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Differentiating between Gin cocktails
Mrs Danvers tackles housekeeping questions
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Wine and superyachts: When two rather lovely worlds collide
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The best gins to drink this summer, as chosen by Country Life
Country Life's gin awards last year named the greatest gins available in Britain right now. So if you're looking to stock up, here's our pick of the best.
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Credit: Picture: Bureau National Interprofessionnel de l'Armagnac Armagnac: The beautiful, high-class brandy steeped in history and tradition
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Credit: The Interior Archive Nina Campbell: How we designed Annabel's, the club where everyone looks good
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Credit: Shutterstock UK Wine Awards: All the winners, and how Coates & Seely took top prize
Time to charge your glasses – the results are in for the inaugural UK Wine Awards, in association with Country Life.
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Dom Perignon chef de cave Richard Geoffroy Credit: Getty Dom Pérignon’s chef de cave on life, grapes and his favourite vintage
Richard Geoffroy spoke to Country Life about living – and working – in Champagne.
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Wine bottles in a cellar Credit: Alamy Get out of your wine rut: Seven alternatives to some of the world’s most popular wines
Wine expert Joe Fattorini suggests seven alternatives to some of the most popular wines in the world.
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Credit: Dreamstime How to buy a bottle of fine wine good enough to pass down as an heirloom
How to buy a bottle of fine wine good enough to pass down as an heirloom
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Six wines that show why it’s okay to drink Chardonnay again
The 1980s staple is back, but with a newfound restraint and delicacy.
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Glass of British Fizz, anyone? Credit: Glass of British Fizz, anyone? Your view: British Fizz an ‘absolutely pathetic’ name for our sparkling wine
The UK wine industry has applied for protected name status for the term 'British Fizz'.
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‘Tempt you with a glass of Sussex?’ English bubbly wins protected name status
Sussex sparkling wines have cemented protected name status, putting themselves up there with champagne, Cornish clotted cream... and of course Melton Mowbray pork pies.
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Nederburg Wines: A taste of Africa on the north Devon coast
Geoff Heath-Taylor samples the delights of Nederburg Wines.
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The most important thing when buying en primeur is to select a wine you would be happy to have a cellarful of, whatever happens to its value Investing in wine: buying en primeur
Harry Eyres looks at the en primeur market and finds that there might be light at the bottom of the barrel.
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The Great British Gin Awards 2016
Country Life has tasted the best gins the country has to offer, and can now reveal the winner and the runners up of the Great British Gin Awards 2016
