Wonderful espaliered apple tree in the magnificent kitchen garden of THE PIG in the South Downs. Great English wine dinner last night, with great food, delicious wines and attentive service. Hotel opens for real next Monday, 6 Sept. Wines of Great Britain

Great evening at the opening of the new THE PIG near Arundel. Thanks Robin Hutson for the excellent food, wine and hospitality.

It’s all in the detail… just 2 days to go until you can start exploring each nook and cranny of THE PIG-in the South Downs 🐖!

Some people seem keen to knock English wine - others, like Robin Hutson & the 1,500-strong team at The Pig hotels are doing just the opposite: celebrating the stuff & the scene, selling it by the bucket load & even planting their own vineyard...cheers to that, I say 😀🥂🙏💥

Our newest PIG in West Sussex has been open for almost a month! We have been overwhelmed with the support since swinging our doors open 🚪 – a BIG thank you! If you haven’t managed to have a peek around our new patch, here’s an inside look at THE PIG-in the South Downs…

And...here we are! Available for download now. Notes and scores on 250+ wines, background, editorial and awards - what I hope is one of the most comprehensive reports into English wine so far. timatkin.com/product/englan…

The Business of English Wine, part 2 - Lisse Garnett interviews Robin Hutson whose chain of restaurants with rooms THE PIG have championed English wine, and sell a LOT - so much insight here wineanorak.com/2021/10/19/the…

Attention wine students: I have uploaded four webinar series I hosted last year to my School of Taste Youtube channel. A thread on what each series contains follows. Enjoy the webinars. 1/5 youtube.com/channel/UCZtJt…

New Year Honours: Angela Hartnett (@AngelaHartnett) and Robin Hutson (Robin Hutson) made OBEs while food writer Claudia Roden named CBE thecaterer.com/news/new-year-…

New series of The Big Vin Theory - AS FEATURED IN DECANTER! kicking off with x_chateau Robert & Peter. Geeks Unite. Essential. open.spotify.com/episode/2uIcgC…

Is the acquisition of Bolney to Freixenet good or bad for the English wine industry?

Bob was kind enough to have me on the fantastic The Big Vin Theory - AS FEATURED IN DECANTER! podcast. We covered a range of topics, using past MW exam questions as a rough guide. If you haven't already, be sure to check out his past episodes. Lots of great insights from impressive guests.

Backgammon by candlelight THE PIG in the South Downs. No better place to be power cut and trapped by wind (and that’s just the pork). My favourite hotels and you won’t find a lovelier staff anywhere on Earth. Thank you xx

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Congratulations to Justin Martindale MW and Jonny Orton MW - the two new Masters of Wine! mastersofwine.org/news/two-new-m… #mastersofwine

I'm going to be doing a virtual wine tasting next Thursday evening (17th) with fees going to DEC