
Sophie Mclean
Writer at Freelance
Freelance writer and self-confessed italophile with enthusiasm for all things fun - namely travel, food & wine. Oh, and fast cars. Infrequent cellar rat.
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4 days ago |
decanter.com | Sophie McLean |Sophie Mclean
This humble, former Anglo-Saxon kingdom, was included alongside the likes of South Carolina’s Low Country and Coastal Georgia (USA), the Terai in Nepal, and Chiriqui in Panama.
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1 week ago |
arbuturian.com | Sophie Mclean
Amid the sun-dappled slopes of the South Downs, Rathfinny Estate is quietly leading a sparkling revolution. In celebration of English Wine Week, Sophie McLean journeys to Sussex to uncork the story behind one of the country’s most elegant and ambitious vineyards…A couple of years ago I walked from Seaford in East Sussex across the Seven Sisters trail to Eastbourne.
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4 weeks ago |
decanter.com | Sophie McLean |Sophie Mclean
The UK now boasts over 300 vineyards and wineries open to the public, with a growing number of options for a day out or overnight stay across the country. Most are indicated by the grape symbol on brown tourist signposts. Visitor numbers to UK wine estates have risen in recent years, as interest grows in enjoying wines in the surroundings where they are made.
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1 month ago |
arbuturian.com | Sophie Mclean
The humble pub is celebrated in a series of events this summer, Pub in the Park, the UK’s largest food and music festival tour, showcasing the best of British pubs, restaurants, and chefs. Ahead of its launch, Sophie McLean visited the winner (again) of the UK’s Top Gastropub Award to see what makes this national institution prevail…There’s nothing better than a decent pub. The very best are literally that – a public house.
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2 months ago |
arbuturian.com | Sophie Mclean
A royal blue sky welcomes passengers off the train at Windsor and Eton Riverside on a bright late February afternoon. Clouds like foamy suds in bathwater sweep between the colour as footsteps force gazes to adjust away from the railway lines and onto charcoal chimneys and turrets, and brick upon brick of Bagshot Heath stone. In case visitors need reminding of why they are here, The Royal Windsor pub is the first thing you’ll see upon exiting the station.
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