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19 March 2010

Rob Flory from Eberle Wines, Calfornia, gave a tasting at Peter Green's.

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Wine merchant Michael Romer, of family business Peter Green and Co on Warrender Park Road, says its popularity is on the rise once more.

"There's a new, younger generation of drinkers who are buying it, as well as the more traditional customer who wants it probably to make Whisky Macs."

For someone who trades in some of the finest wines around, you might suspect Michael would be adverse to spiking his best bottles with a splash of ginger wine and half an orange. In fact, he’s a fan of mulled wine.

“Of course, you wouldn’t use an expensive red Bordeaux to make it,” he says. “There are plenty of wines at around £4 or £5 a bottle that will work very well." But there's more to mulled wine than simply warding off the chill, he says.

"Hundreds of years ago, wine would arrive after a long journey at sea, oxidised or tainted. The idea was to add a bit of sug­ar, throw in some spices to bring out the flavours and warm it up”

18 December 2010

Here's an extract from a piece on mulled wine in Saturday's Evening News (full article below):

24 March 2011

Read article here

1 December 2011

Michael Romer's younger daughter Rosalind is producing a comedy show on 15 March at the Usher Hall! Buy tickets here

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