Quentin Sadler's Wine Page
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I'm a wine educator who enjoys wine, food and travel, I love history, literature and music as well as wine. I am sharing thoughts on wine, food and travel.
Quentin Sadler's Wine Page
3y ago
Touring Frapin’s Château Fontpinot is an incredible experience. The Château is a very beautiful place, while the cellars are a veritable warren with floor after floor of Cognac peacefully ageing in ancient barrels. The very oldest Cognacs are kept in ..read more
Quentin Sadler's Wine Page
3y ago
Understandably most UK wine drinkers think that American wine is pretty much all from California. Certainly California is the most important of the wine producing states, but there are some superb wines made elsewhere in the US too. Some consumers ..read more
Quentin Sadler's Wine Page
4y ago
Understandably most UK wine drinkers think that American wine is pretty much all from California. Certainly California is the most important of the wine producing states, but there are some superb wines made elsewhere in the US too. Some consumers ..read more
Quentin Sadler's Wine Page
4y ago
In 2019 I visited Montefalco in Umbria in order to learn about the wonderful wines produced there. You can read about my visit by clicking HERE. It is a delightful part of the world. Rural and tranquil with beautiful medieval ..read more
Quentin Sadler's Wine Page
4y ago
A Happy New Year to you all. My first piece of 2020 is a Wine of the Week. It is also a bin end bargain, so grab it quick! As many of you will know, I – and most people ..read more
Quentin Sadler's Wine Page
4y ago
2019 draws to a close and a new future for the United kingdom beckons, one that I feel no optimism for at all. We are promised ‘sunny uplands’ and a ‘new golden age’ outside of the EU. I do not ..read more
Quentin Sadler's Wine Page
4y ago
At this time of year my thoughts turn to festive fare, especially wine and the stuff that I like to drink at Christmas above all else, because it goes with everything and nothing, is Champagne. Well as it happens I ..read more
Quentin Sadler's Wine Page
4y ago
Recently I was sent some olive oils to taste and I must say that I found the experience really interesting. I do not know a huge amount about olive oil, but it is a fascinating subject and has much in ..read more
Quentin Sadler's Wine Page
4y ago
Lebanon caught my imagination as a wine country a long time ago. We tend to think of it as a new wine producer, but the Phoenicians – the ancient people of Lebanon – were among the world’s first maritime traders ..read more
Quentin Sadler's Wine Page
4y ago
Switzerland is famous for many things; banks, mountains, lakes, cheese, chocolate and, erroneously – courtesy of Orson Wells – cuckoo clocks. Not many people, in Britain anyway, seem to associate this Alpine country with wine. Swiss wine is a bit ..read more