As soon as time permits a new section is coming in which we will talk about the places where we bought wine, how much it cost and how it compares with supermarket wine and more specialised wine sellers here in the UK.

Since Brexit the amount of wine and other goods that can be brought back into the UK from the EU has been restricted, per person it is currently 18 litres of still wine, that’s 24 normal bottles, plus either 4 litres of spirits or 9 litres of sparkling wine, that’s a dozen normal bottles. There are other allowances but we are only interested in the wines. As usual, the government is punitive if you go over any of the allowances, for example if you have one bottle of wine over the allowance then you have to declare it and pay duty etc on the whole lot — greedy government is the only way to describe it.

We are always very careful to make sure that we don’t go over the duty free allowance when returning to the UK. Another point is that you are also entitled to reclaim the VAT on your EU purchases, however, that’s another article, it’s not easy and so far we have not managed to reclaim VAT.

The hot weather at the beginning of September was very debilitating, so we changed our plans and stayed in the northern part of France. We revisited Mittelbergheim and purchased crémants and still wines too. By the end of September we were cold at night although that’s easier to deal with than being too hot.

Our motorhome trip report will be here as soon as possible, here’s the route.

Motorhome route through Northern France

Portugal did not live up to expectations so we cut our losses and drove back into Spain.

We will build the web pages and add them to this site as soon as possible with tips and reviews about the places that we stayed.

Spain and Portugal Trek – click to enlarge

Wolfberger Cremant d’Alsace

Wolfberger Crémant d’Alsace Brut Rosé
A delightful deep pink rose colour, with very small bubbles. A light crémant with a powerful taste of strawberry and raspberry. This one stands out from the crowd.