From coal to cabernet: the wine seller using a flooded mine to cut heating bills

From coal to cabernet: the wine seller using a flooded mine to cut heating bills

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Lanchester Wines in north-east England uses heat from a disused coalmine to maintain wine temperatures and with 23,000 flooded mines in the UK, there’s huge potential for more businesses and homes to follow its lead Shove them in a fridge, stash them in a cellar – this is how most people store their

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