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![]() Thursday, April 2, 1998 Published at 09:05 GMT 10:05 UK ![]() ![]() ![]() Special Report ![]() Chuck out the Chardonnay ![]() Lots of other drinks are available
What wine should you drink this summer if you want to be a real style guru? Dedicated fashion followers are rejecting the popular Chardonnay grape as no longer trendy, saying it has become to the 1990s what Liebfraumilch was to the 1970s.
Another tip is that sparkling wine is always a safe bet at any time of the day or night. "If you drink wine in the morning, you are a boozer, but if it is sparkling wine then that is fine, " said Mr Neill.
Bring back beer
"More beers are being invented every day," said John Moorley from Daleside Brewery in Yorkshire.
"The number combinations of water, malt ,yeast and hops is infinite."
It often seems that the names of beers are becoming increasingly bizarre and longwinded. Is this genuine British eccentricity or just a cunning marketing ploy?
Mr Moorley stressed the high quality of beer from his brewery but did admit: "We do like to market things imaginatively so we do have the odd tricksy name, I must confess, like 'Old legover country stile and monkey wrench".
Not only are new beers being invented, but old ones are being rediscovered too.
Sir Thomas Ingilby, who owns the castle, has named the ale after an ancestor nicknamed called Trooper Jane. Brave Jane is reported to have fought in the battle of Marston Moor and held Oliver Cromwell at gunpoint, but no one knows if she liked beer too.
Christmas tipple?
Barman Simon Fullerton who enthusiastically poured out shots of the drink for an eager crowd at the Good Food Show said: "We're going to try and get it in the shops for Christmas."
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