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Why not? Making wine is arduous, time consuming and a not very well paid labour of love. Every little helps and it allows you to continue buying cheap plonk with an air of guilt free superiority.

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14 Years ago my husband and I came to look at a French vineyard in winter (never the best time given a grapevine looks very much dead between December and March) having little to no knowledge of vine growing or indeed wine making.

2 children, 1 dog 1 cat numerous ridiculously named chickens & several disasters later we are making our own, frankly, pretty good wine.

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