"Pete C" wrote ...
Bob Hobden wrote:
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

If you do decide to visit there is an excellent proper Tea Room called "Tea
on the Green" in Danbury where we always try to lunch. :-)

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Regards
Bob Hobden