People sometimes ask me: Chris, why did you move to Bordon? What attracted you to this small ex-army town in Hampshire? Was it the abundant woodland? Its proximity to the South Downs National Park? Being in easy reach of the picturesque and charming market towns of Farnham and Petersfield? Being within commuting distance of London while also being less than an hour from the coast?
It was none of these. What brought me to Bordon was enviable hilltop location on the borders of Aragón and Valencia in south eastern Spain, and its delicious red wines, a blend of 75% Tempranillo and 25% Garnacha grapes.
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I love wine with a small amount of Gambaccini grapes in.
Then you’ll love this.
(I don’t love it, it’s distinctly average.)
Is that because of Paul Gambaccini? Did he ruin your wine?
It might be because it as 125 years old. That’s too old for wine.
It as got a lot of years on it, asnt it?
More years = worse flavour. That’s what it says in my copy of the Dorling Kindersley My First Big Book of Wine Tasting Notes with Pictures, anyway.
I thought more years makes it better? Has television been lying to me all these years? What’s the point in spending thousands of pounds on old wine if it takes like bad gravel?
That’s the sort of wine question that I’m not qualified to answer, so I will instead direct you to ask Jilly Goolden from the BBC’s Food and Drink programme.
Do I have to travel back in time to when Food and Drink was on television?
No, Jilly Goolden still exists. Just go ask her.