Flag of Wales
I associate Wales with the poems of Dylan Thomas, the Welsh male voice choirs, Castles, carved love spoons, and whisky and warm Welsh cakes, like little thick pancakes. But there's more.
Global warming has increased wine production in Southern England and Wales. I went to a wine tasting in Welwyn, where the speaker was Janet Wynne Evans. Evans is a popular Welsh name, along with Jones and Lloyd.
She was emplyed most of her working life by the Wine Society. She came to talk about 'A Life'In Wine'.
. We got to taste eight wines from various countries, red, white, and orange.
Enter The Dragon
The first wine served was Welsh, Enter the Dragon (2022) a non vintage NV) wine from Pembrokeshire. 11% alcohol.
The retail price was 36 pounds, so not exactly cheap. UK wines tend to be on the pricey side. When it comes to cheap, sweet wine with a hint of sparkle, it's hard to beat the popularity and price of Italian Prosecco in Tesco supermarkets. However, the Welsh wine has won awards.
Also you can visit their vineyard and book a wine tour and tasting. Go online to check them out.
If you wonder where you've heard the name Enter The Dragon before, it's the name of a Bruce Lee film, which has been around since 1973.
The dragon, the red, dragon, features on the Welsh flag.
To go with Welsh wine we were served Welsh cracker.
The cheap wine which I preferred on first taste was A Cod Start (1984), onlu 8.95 from The Wine Society. My husband is a member and gets wines delivered free. That wine did not taste as good at the end of the evening. Why? Maybe it was a wine which went flat in the glass and did not last, or the other wines and food I ate. Anyway, it was good when I first tried it and the lady on my right liked it.
Useful Websites
https://www.velfreyvineyard.com/
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