Its hard to call this 'wine travel' because there are few (if any) vineyards in the United Kingdom but people definitely drink wine, though beer seems to be the prevailing drink of choice in this country. That said the UK is the #2 wine export market for France and an important export channel for other wine producing countries like the US & Australia. On Sunday we made our way to Brighton, a southwestern beach, university town that had pleasantly nice weather and a perfect scene for us to enjoy that week's big football match between Manchester United & Arsenal.
We started the day eating lunch at the Druid's Head in the Lanes area of Brighton. I ordered fish & chips, and mistakenly a strongbow (cider type of beer) which I had to ditch half way thru for a Stella. I would have gone with wine if they had anything worth drinking. But like many places the options were limited.
At 4 PM, when the football match started, we headed over to the Queen's Head where we watched Manchester United play Arsenal. It was a good match ultimately decided by a deceptive free kick by Redgraeves. After a handful of beers, I was more than into the action following along with 50+ folks.
No wine today, I'm finding England is a beer drinking country. The consume a lot of wine but its generally confined to the elites, Londoners & restaurants. I haven't seen much vino in pubs or at least any being consumed. Though as I mentioned above, the statistics say differently...or maybe the Brits drink just a shit load of alcohol in general, which is another observation I'm beginning to realize maybe the case.
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