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One of wine’s greatest moments?
‘…and then we’ll open a 1945 Graham’s I’ve been sat on a little while, what do you think?’.
Harry Ballmann
Mar 225 min read
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Somm to Somm: An interview with Restaurant Pine’s incredible Vanessa Stolz:
I get to know Vanessa Stolz, sommelier and front of house at 1 Michelin Star Restaurant Pine in Northumberland.
Harry Ballmann
Apr 15, 20245 min read
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Organics in England with Kristin Syltevik of Oxney Organic Estate
When it comes to visiting vineyards across Britain, you'll often find they're not always the most accessible places to visit. Most of the...
Harry Ballmann
Nov 8, 20236 min read
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Wine and the rest III: Food for thought, and back to the floor.
No Perello olives here… I’m very bad at sitting still. Beach holidays aren’t something I even entertain, I get bored shitless. In a...
Harry Ballmann
Oct 27, 20232 min read
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Thoughts from Champagne: lessons learnt, wines tasted, cultural discoveries. 2023.
Swathes of tourists disembarking into the humidity of the Champagne-Ardenne train station signalled what I thought was going to be a week...
Harry Ballmann
Jul 13, 202325 min read
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Thousands of Years of Drinking Together
I would be willing to argue that there is no drink more social and more ritualistic than wine. It is a cornerstone of society, past and...
Harry Ballmann
Feb 9, 20233 min read
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