Bob Hobden wrote:
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.
Link saved.........thanks
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Pete C
London UK