Stephen, you are right to emphasize the quality of English sparkling wines and I should have made a point to specifically exclude those from my comment - I was only referring to non-sparkling wines.
As far as the price is concerned I was actually thinking of Mosel wine. I can get wine from some of the best Mosel producers (Molitor, Haart, Van Volxem, Heymann-Löwenstein, to name just a few) shipped to my door starting from 8 Euros per bottle, with some of the wines that rate in the 90+ point range still below/around 15 Euro, and I have not yet found an English wine to match that quality at similar prices. But then I have not really sampled English wine systematically, which is why I included that mission in our New Year's resolutions for 2010. So I will have a look at your suggestions!
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Stephen, you are right to emphasize the quality of English sparkling wines and I should have made a point to specifically exclude those from my comment - I was only referring to non-sparkling wines.
As far as the price is concerned I was actually thinking of Mosel wine. I can get wine from some of the best Mosel producers (Molitor, Haart, Van Volxem, Heymann-Löwenstein, to name just a few) shipped to my door starting from 8 Euros per bottle, with some of the wines that rate in the 90+ point range still below/around 15 Euro, and I have not yet found an English wine to match that quality at similar prices. But then I have not really sampled English wine systematically, which is why I included that mission in our New Year's resolutions for 2010. So I will have a look at your suggestions!