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Jun 2025
26m 55s

Fish and chips and wine beside the seasi...

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Will Lyons - wine critic - and Charlotte Ivers - restaurant critic - and both with The Sunday Times head off to the seaside for a fish and chip finale to the current Wines Times season. They are joined in Brighton by local chef Sophie Taverner, where they discover the perfect paring for battered cod, chips and mushy peas - is it English sparkling, Spanish white wine, or sherry (yes, really)?


Wine 1 - NV Harrow & Hope Brut Reserve No.8, Marlow, Buckinghamshire ,England

Wine 2 - 2023 Heredad Chavarri Albariño Rías Baixas, Spain 

Wine 3 - NV Delicado Fino Sherry, Jerez, Spain


All wines are available from The Sunday Times Wine Club


Photo of Will Lyons, Charlotte Ivers and Sophie Tavener - credit-Tim Allen


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