Journal

Vol. 1

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Deep dives, spotlights and field notes on English & Welsh wine — a place to learn the ground beneath every glass, wander the regions, and come back to.

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The ground beneath

Terroir

Chalk, soil, climate and aspect — the deep dives on what makes English & Welsh wine taste of where it grew.

Edition 1: Chalk

Terroir

The chalk line: how a prehistoric seabed impacts English sparkling wine

The same seabed lies under the South Downs and under Champagne, and what that is worth is one of the fiercest debates in English wine.

ChalkSparklingGeology

7 min·22 Jul 2026

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