Winston Churchill, Champagne and County Antrim
The history of the Pol Roger house is intertwined with the life story of Winston Churchill – and it is quite the sparkling connection
It has long been a goal of mine to find any kind of connection between a Champagne house and Ireland. We could then usher in a new contender to the Wine Geese fold, the group of wineries around the world founded or run by Irish men and women.
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