Jolly Super

Last Saturday saw the start of English Wine Week and to celebrate we shared a selection of some of my current favourites on Saturday Kitchen. Sadly the Sparkling we had from Terlingham in Kent has since sold out but I’ve popped another one of their wines (a rosé!) in this week’s recommendations below. Then on Sunday I went to my first book festival of the year, the Borders Book Festival in Melrose – an old favourite – and hosted a big wine tasting with a fabulous bunch of wines/people. I also took part in the festival’s version of Celebrity Mastermind hosted by ACTUAL Clive Myrie and got to sit in the original Mastermind chair! My specialist subject was Jilly Cooper, which in hindsight was quite a bold move compared with the others (let’s just say they were a little more erudite). But honestly, I loved every second. All 270 of them.

In other news, my Teetotal Tipples book from a few years ago has had a makeover and is being republished next month (click here for details) so forgive me if go on about alcohol free drinks more than usual. But for now, back to wine.