A real-deal cider from a barking eccentric
Forget all the fashionable ciders, says Matthew Jukes. This Surrey cider is the real deal.
2011 Gospel Green, Traditional Method Cyder, Haslemere, Surrey (about £8.49, General Wine Company of Liphook, 01428-727744; and of Petersfield, 01730-235923; Middle Farm Shop of Firle, 01323-811411; Quaff of Brighton, 01273-553353; Taurus Wines of Guildford, 01483-548484; Haslemere Cellar, 01428-656052; South Downs Cellars of Hurstpierpoint, 01273-833830).
When I started out in the wine trade at the Barnes Wine Shop, back in 1987, I very much enjoyed drinking a sparkling cider made by a charming chap called James Lane. It was better value than both cava and prosecco and I frankly preferred it, too. James used to drop off a few cases every week. Fast forward 26 years to the General Wine Company's wine festival in Petersfield, a few weekends ago, where I was pouring my 100 Best Australian Wines, and who should I see across the room?James hasn't changed one iota in the last two and a half decades he is still barkingly eccentric and his cider tastes amazing.
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