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English and Italian mixed case, £79
6:30am Friday 23rd May 2008
English Wine Week begins on Saturday, May 24, and is a week-long celebration of our wines and a chance for anyone to visit their local vineyards and taste their produce.
We recommend a visit to Brightwell Vineyards, near Wallingford, where owners Bob and Carol Nielsen make some excellent wines.
As well as two of these, we have included two excellent Italian reds for those of you with spring pasta or barbeque dishes in mind.
Brightwell Vineyard Crispin 2006, England: Easy drinking, crisp floral wine made from the bacchus and reichensteiner grape varieties that have produced a delightfully fresh hedgerow-fruited and very drinkable style.
Brightwell Vineyard Oxford Rose' 2006, England: Made from the dornfelder grape, this clean wine has soft strawberry and summer fruits and is ideal for spring salads.
Rosso del Salento, Barocco 2006, Italy: From the south of Italy, this easy drinking soft red has fruit in abundance and a nice touch of spice - perfect for grilled meat of barbeques.
Chianti Botter 2006, Italy: From Tuscany, this classic wine is made from a mix of grape varieties including sangiovese and features crisp cherry fruit with hints of herbs - great with pasta dishes and cheese.
The Oxford Times Wine Club is run in association with The Oxford Wine Company. Free delivery of your wine is available within 30 miles of Oxford. Please allow up to ten working days for delivery of your wine. If you have any questions about your order, contact The Oxford Wine Company on 01865 301144 quoting The Oxford Times Wine Club or email: info@oxfordwine.co.uk
If you would like to buy unmixed or mixed cases of wines that you have particularly liked from The Oxford Times Wine Club at the same special discounted prices, please contact Theo Sloot at The Oxford Wine Company on 01865 301144 or email theo@oxfordwine.co.uk
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