Celebrity chef Marco Pierre White snubs English wine, but it's a prejudice we all share,Oliver Styles suggests. Funny how people make the news when something needs to be promoted. British celebrity chef Marco Pierre White made headlines recently by claiming that only a "numpty" would be buying English wine. This occurred – almost inevitably – at the same time as he was opening a new restaurant. Thus it is with a sense of unease that I choose to give White any more publicity than he deserves but his words – and the storm it generated over the grimy waters of an English teacup – do, I think, deserve some further, more global, examination. Here is what he was quoted as saying: "English wine is nonsense. They are overpriced and not very good. The French make the best wine. The English just play at it. We keep hearing this about English sparkling wine. I am...
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