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Wine at the Taste of Christmas

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Taste of Christmas, “the foodie event of the festive season”, is taking place at Excel London from December 4-6, 2009. Top chefs, artisan producers andthe chance to stock up on the festive food and sample your favourite restaurants’ seasonal menus – plus some interesting wine offerings in the Boutique [...]

English Winemakers at Bristol Food & Wine Fair

[ July 10, 2009 to July 12, 2009. ] Exhibiting at Bristol’s Wine Festival (10-12 July 2009) will be Domaine Treloar, a small vineyard in the Roussillon region of southern France.

We are a small, high-quality vineyard and winery in the Roussillon, France’s most exciting wine region.Owned and operated by Jonathan Hesford and Rachel Treloar.
As Vignerons Indépendants, we grow all the grapes, make the wine [...]

English Wine Week 2009

[ May 23, 2009 to May 31, 2009. ] English Wine Week 2009 takes place from 23-31 May 2009 , and will feature numerous events across the country to celebrate English Wine (and food) – and offers a great excuse to visit a vineyard, meet producers, attend special events and taste the wines.

From Devon to Kent. from East Anglia to the north you will [...]

Camel Valley’s new website

English winemaker Camel Valley
has launched a new website to promote its winery tours and holiday accommodation near Bodmin in Cornwall.
Every Wednesday evening between Easter and 30th October – a wine maker will personally guide you through the vineyard and winery, answering any questions you may have about the wine making process. Afterwards, there will [...]

Andrew Jefford on English Sparkling Wines on BBC Radio 4

Andrew Jefford takes over the Radio 4 Food Programme on Sunday 27 July 2008 with a look at the English Sparking Wine business. He presents on radio as well as he writes – informative, inquisitive and entertaining – his book The New France: A Complete Guide to Contemporary French Wine (Mitchell Beazley Wine Guides) provided [...]

An English Sparkler amongst the Top Ten Rosés

[ September 9, 2008; ] Terry Kirby in the Independent (14 July 2008) selects his top 10 rosés and includes an interesting sparkling rosé from Ridgeview Vineyards in Sussex – the rather splendidly named Ridgeview Merret Fitzrovia (£19.00): “Made on the Sussex downs, using traditional Champagne grapes and methods, this stunning, sophisticated wine demonstrates how English producers canmatch anything the [...]

Flying Corkscrew Tastings

[ June 13, 2008; June 27, 2008; ] The Flying Corkscrew is holding two rather special tastings in June:-

Friday June 13th – Tindall Estate, Marlborough, New Zealand and Stanton & Killeen Rutherglen Muscats
The Sowmans, owners of Tindall Vineyards, will be showing the latest vintages of their Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, and Peter Mulford will be taking us through the classic Muscats [...]

Belly Dancing and Blue Grass Music at the Sharpham vineyard

[ May 25, 2008; May 28, 2008; June 1, 2008; ]

English Wine Week is celebrated 24 May – 1 June 2008, when vineyards around the country will be hosting special events and tastings to promote the improving quality of English Wines.

One of the participating vineyards is Sharpham Vineyard just south of Totnes in Devon. Bordering the River Dart makes it possible to reach the vineyards [...]