{"id":9571,"date":"2018-08-20T09:44:30","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T08:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/?p=9571"},"modified":"2022-03-30T09:47:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T08:47:42","slug":"talking-wine-august-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/talking-wine-august-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Wine &#8211; August 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><time class=\"w-post-elm post_date entry-date published\" datetime=\"2018-08-20T09:44:30+01:00\" title=\"20 August 2018 at 09:44:30 Europe\/London\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">8 years ago<\/time><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h1>Talking Wine &#8211; August 2018<\/h1>\n<p>With such lovely warm weather throughout June and July it looks as if England is set to have a bumper wine crop this year . In fact following the small 2017 vintage this year is expected to produce the best ever quality too. For those interested 2006 was big in terms of yield and 2009 and 2014 were considered very good years. The only real causes for concern are if the drought continues relentlessly or if we get hailstorms at any point. The wine writer Steven Spurrier has his own vineyard in Dorset and is apparently a &#8220;happy bunny&#8221; whilst Frazer Thompson of Chapel Down says &#8221; As an industry we rely heavily on the good Lord and we realise he is a pretty unreliable partner but this is the best I have seen for 18 years&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime we can report that Jenkyn Place which produces excellent quality sparkling wine in Hampshire has hired a new recruit to help protect 2000 new Pinot Noir vines from rabbits and pheasants. His name is Bertie , a spaniel, and he is equipped with a highly visable jacket to deter unwanted visitors. Berties &#8220;job&#8221; is to send the rabbits scurrying home and make the pheasants feel very unwelcome too. Both can prey on the rootstock and destroy their future health. I&#8217;m not sure that he has been specifically trained but maybe there is a business opportunity here !<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Aurelio Montes , the famous Chilean wine maker, has planted vines on one of the most southerly regions in the world &#8211; the tiny island of Chiloe in southern Patagonia. The project will see plantings of Chardonnay, Riesling, Albarino, Sauvignon and Pinot Noir. They are planted in tiny plots and only time will tell which perform the best. &#8220;I have been thinking of doing this for 50 years&#8221; says Aurelio &#8220;but I now understand the extremes and am determined to succeed&#8221;. The soil is very much volcanic ash so drainage should not prevent a problem and some lagoons tend to trap warmer waters in them which should stop frost being an issue. One of his ambitions is to produce a sparkling wine within 5 years.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"w-post-elm post_author vcard author color_link_inherit with_ava avapos_top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/author\/tedmd\/\" class=\"fn\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><div class=\"post-author-ava\" style=\"font-size:96px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-96x96.png\" class=\"avatar avatar-96 photo\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-96x96.png 96w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-350x350.png 350w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-24x24.png 24w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1-48x48.png 48w, https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Staff-photos-colour-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 96px) 100vw, 96px\" \/><\/div><\/a><div class=\"post-author-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/author\/tedmd\/\" class=\"post-author-name fn\">Ted Sandbach<\/a><div class=\"post-author-info\">Ted studied History and Physical Education at Loughborough University before teaching at Magdalen College School in Oxford for 7 years. He gave up teaching to follow his passion for wine and cut his teeth at Stevens Garnier in Wine retail. During this time he travelled extensively and took his wine exams including the Diploma \u2013 which he will admit is much harder these days! Frustration and ambition prompted him to start The Oxford Hamper Company in 1985 which by 1992 had metamorphosed into The Oxford Wine Company.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"8 years agoTalking Wine &#8211; August 2018 With such lovely warm weather throughout June and July it looks as if England is set to have a bumper wine crop this...","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-talking_wine"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Talking Wine - August 2018 - Oxford Wine Company<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/talking-wine-august-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Talking Wine - August 2018 - Oxford Wine Company\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/talking-wine-august-2018\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Oxford Wine Company\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theoxfordwinecompany\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-08-20T08:44:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-03-30T08:47:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ted Sandbach\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@TheOxfordWineCo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@TheOxfordWineCo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ted Sandbach\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/talking-wine-august-2018\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/talking-wine-august-2018\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ted Sandbach\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/oxfordwine.co.uk\/owc\/#\/schema\/person\/429d0557e47aa59854a0f44e780ed621\"},\"headline\":\"Talking Wine &#8211; 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