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Neil Phillips

Aug 21, 2026

Lydia Hislop
Lydia HislopPANELIST
31:50
it? Yeah, I think it's lovely.
31:51
Actually, it's just...
31:54
I just love the acidity on this wine.
31:55
It's always so consistent in our timber as well.
31:57
It's great, isn't it? It's really good.
31:59
Excellent.
31:59
And we've got a rosé here.
32:01
Yeah, we've got it.
25:45
Yes, I might need a
25:46
mic.
25:48
That's all right.
25:50
So the Champagne Gardé is the house champagne.
25:52
But what we thought we'd do here is actually show you, because we're working with L'Anson here, is the Blanc de Blanc.
25:56
Right, yeah.
25:57
So nice and dry, 100% Chardonnay as we know.
28:41
You've got lemon posset.
David Yates
David YatesPANELIST
34:55
Ridgeview, yeah.
34:56
Yeah, so Bolney's interesting.
34:57
One of the first producers I ever discovered, started in 1972, family bizzo, then they sold three or four years ago.
35:03
And interestingly enough, the first wines I discovered then were actually still wines.
35:06
Really? Rather than sparkling.
35:07
So that was how I got to know their Chardonnay and their Pinot Gris.
35:10
And here, they've been making good sparkling for years and years.
David Yates
David YatesPANELIST
36:53
Yeah, I thought so.
22:42
Amazingly, though, he was never paid a penny, and he had to use up all his holidays.
22:46
The first question I asked at Lilleshall was, "Where's the medical bag?" We didn't have one.
22:52
We didn't have anything.
22:54
And the first day, I had to go into Whitchurch to a local chemist and virtually bought up his chemist shop.
36:43
Neil,
36:44
what have we got here? Well, we've got Chapel Down.
36:47
We've gone off to Kent.
36:47
Oh, I like Chapel Down.
36:48
Yeah, we like Chapel Down.
36:49
You like Chapel Down, don't you, Lydia? So they're here now.
36:51
The Jockey Club's official English wine sponsor as well.
37:33
But

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