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    An old fashioned Aperitif with a long history: 
Bobs Blog from Around Hermitage
    • Mar 11, 2020
    • 5 min

    An old fashioned Aperitif with a long history: Bobs Blog from Around Hermitage

    Sherry was the standard aperitif when I was a lad and when working in the UK years ago, it was always offered to the woman while the real men drank Scotch! We have moved on from that time and yet there are some interesting connections associated with wine of the past. I will come to the important Hunter connection to this ancient wine-producing region and its more modern aperitif style wine later. Possibly, our longing for nostalgia led to a recent meal that featured a world-
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