I learned to spit at the London Wine Fair where I tried 57 bottles of Prosecco. You would be under the table after three or for glasses, or 12 tasting measures, never mind 57.
The old saying goes, it's not what you know but who you know. However, what you know increases with who you know. I didn't know Ash but we got chatting. He pointed out that birds in the glass is a defect in a wine bottle, so he surmised that the manufacturer had intentionally put a pattern of birds on their bottles as a joke.
'PROSECCO is made in tanks,' Ash reminded me, not in bottles, bottled at the end of the process, making it an affordable alternative to Champagne for lovers of white bubbly drinks for celebrations or evening dinners and summer lunches.
Who is knowledgeable Ash? He works at Rathfinny Estate in southern England, south of London, on the outskirts of the historic village of Alfriston, not far from Easbourne if you are a train traveller.
They have a shop and restaurant, one open 10 to 5, the other 10 to 6 but check their website. You might be able to have dinner there if staying at accommodation nearby. Again, check their website for the latest.
Rathfinny Estate
They have a vineyard and sell bottles of wine made on the estate.
1 The bottle with birds in the glass.
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