Crimson Clover May 2009

It was a fabulous sunny day and our day looked good. First stop was off to Westfield in East Sussex to Carr Taylor Wines. Carr Taylor was established by David & Linda in the late 1960's and were the pioneers of the English wine industry as we know it today. Gaining gold medals way back in the mid-70's and always looking forward.

We sampled some of the finest wines made in the UK, with out a doubt. The dry aromatic Alexis, as good as many Sauvignon Blanc on the market, sparkling Brut and some cracking fruit wines. With this in mind David did mention to us about his latest project - Taylor & Shroff, English wines for curry, I'll keep my eyes out for these!

Having sampled most of the delicious wines on offer at Carr Taylor we headed on down the road to Sedlescombe, a complete contrast. Roy and Irma Cook established their organic vineyard also in the late 60's and early 70's. They were determind from the start to go organic and not only with their wines. Their office is an old caravan and they have even built their own house - a remarkable achievement indeed.

So we sat in the sunshine and sampled some great organic English wines. The diversity in English wines is fantastic, we need to be drinking more of them and not the swill and rubbish that is being continually offered out as so called offers by the multiples!! Come on drinkers of Great Britain lets get patriotic to the core because we're worth it!!