coatesandseely.com

[Axel P]

Our good friend Christian has just informed me, that their new product is available from now on at:

http://www.coatesandseely.com/

Winemaking of the years 2009 and 2010 was under supervision of Corinne Seely, so definitely something to look out for!

Axel

[DRT]

I would strongly advise JDAW not to look at that website for fear that his head might explode with rage.

[Andy Velebil]

A shame they only deliver in the UK, I'd like to try this one day. we all know what Seely has done with other properties and I don't think he'd release something sub-par.

[Alex Bridgeman]

Oh dear. What could have been a very interesting website I find almost impossible to read and use.

[JacobH]

On every browser I’ve tried (Opera, Firefox, Chromium) the footer bar does not move, making it completely impossible to read the site since it overlaps the text:

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Anyway, I suppose English wine really must be coming of age if someone can release a new product to the market at £27.50 a bottle!

[Andy Velebil]

On every browser I’ve tried (Opera, Firefox, Chromium) the footer bar does not move, making it completely impossible to read the site since it overlaps the text:

website_fault.png

Anyway, I suppose English wine really must be coming of age if someone can release a new product to the market at £27.50 a bottle!

And here I thought that issue was only on my old beater work laptop. Hope they get it sorted out soon.

[DRT]

I would strongly advise JDAW not to look at that website for fear that his head might explode with rage.

Has anyone heard fro JDAW recently?

I do hope his head hasn't exploded!

[JacobH]

Seeing that it’s not just me, I’ve sent them an email to point out that none of us can actually read about their wine.

Not sure about jdaw1; perhaps he’s gone native and is posting on LeForumPastis.fr instead?

[jdaw1]

Happily, jdaw1 had noted others’ comments, and hopes that they might suffice. If a bulldog should be needed, wake me.

[JacobH]

Seeing that it’s not just me, I’ve sent them an email to point out that none of us can actually read about their wine.

I’ve just received a nice email promising to look into it and it appears it is already sorted out. Repeating my previous comments in another thread; why couldn’t I find web-designers like that when I was commissioning websites?

[JacobH]

Now having had a chance to look around, I’m pleased to see that their rosé is a blanc de noir (if that is the correct term for a rosé...) which I’ve often thought is an underrated style of champagne.

The only thing I wonder about English Sparkling Wines is whether they are too concerned with making champagne and not setting out to make something a little more distinctive. But then I don’t really drink enough of it to tell. And, of course, I am sure the champagne makers would be more than happy to extend the appellation to include England if they thought enough money was in it

They seem to be doing a bit of a press campaign (e.g. see here), too, in favour of using the generic name Britagne for these types of wine. I’m surprised someone who makes ‟Vinho do Porto” thinks ‟English Sparkling Wine” is too generic, though!

[Alex Bridgeman]

Perhaps we could go a little more jingoistic and call English Sparkling Wine "Jerusalem" with a sub-region of "Dark Mills" and a specific style of "Burning Gold".

[JacobH]

Perhaps we could go a little more jingoistic and call English Sparkling Wine "Jerusalem" with a sub-region of "Dark Mills" and a specific style of "Burning Gold".

I think ‟Arrows of Desire” might be quite a good name, not so sure about ‟These Feet” and ‟Holy Lamb”, though.