George wrote
I am looking for other peoples views on vineyards within the UK, with
the idea of visiting some during the coming summer, and perhaps
including links to them on my web site.

So if you know of any that you think deserve a visit, and highly
recommend, or alternatively any you most certainly do not recommend,
then I.d like to hear from you.


New Hall Vineyard, Purleigh, Essex excellent wines including a Red, the
largest vineyard in the UK (despite what Denbies say!) if you take acreage
under vines. They have a wine festival every year August/September time when
you can taste all the wines and buy. You can also rent a row of vines and
pay them to make the wine thereby becoming, according to EU law, a wine
grower which allows you to drink without paying duty & retail markup etc
i.e. it's £2+ per bottle instead of £6+. You do take a chance with the
amount of bottles you get per row, it's normally about 300, yield is
dependant on the weather and you have to collect it yourself.
http://www.newhallwines.co.uk/

Others also do the "rent a row" scheme but seem to split the savings, unlike
this grower.
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Regards
Bob Hobden