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Diary of a dream – part 6

Chris Boiling and wedding wines

Chris Boiling, who bought a small vineyard in Slovenia six years ago, finally unveils his wine in the UK – and turns his daughter's wedding into a wine class. 

As threatened in part 4, I launched my wine to my family and friends at my daughter’s wedding in an old fort in Cornwall. I’m sad to say it went down well. 

We put two bottles on each table and I spotted two groups of young women table-hopping after dinner to scavenge the last remaining drops. At the end of the evening all of my bottles were empty and people...