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Cheap and cheerful?

by miłośnik wina on Thu 07 Oct 2010 20:50 BST | Permanent Link | Cosmos

As a french man, one thing that strike me when i came in UK five years ago was how big Australian wines were in this market.

nevertheless i soon realised that they suffered from a bad image:

-off license wines

-cheap and cheerful wines

ect....

the opposite of the prenium aura from French wines.

During these years of discovering new taste by drinking more new world wines ( and not boozing :-) ) i actually found out that most of Australian wines can compete against the best French claret.

My mentality has changed, that is why i hope changing yours.

Wednesday 20th october at 8pm i am holding a Australian wine tasting at "Star and garter", wine bar in Putney.

To book call on 02087880345

Hope to se you there and change your mind

Michael

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