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Harvest Report 2017

The year started off with little winter frost and the vines started stirring in mid-March leading to one of the earliest bud-bursts that we’ve every had in early April.  March was a record 2.2°C above the 1981-2010 average and early April saw temperatures as high as 25.5°C in Eastern and South East England. As ever with …

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Bacchus 2016 Release

We are delighted to announce the release of our 2016 Bacchus for which we have already had great feedback from our long standing customers. Pale straw in colour, with a  strong, floral, honeysuckle aroma and a fruity palate with lime zest and hints of black pepper. 2016 proved to be an excellent year with regards …

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Harvest Report 2016

Extract from Stephen Skeltons UK Harvest report : UK harvest 2016 Vintage 2016 in English and Welsh vineyards has turned out to be one of two halves: one half was good – excellent sugar levels and very ripe grapes – whilst the other half was not so good – yields in many vineyards were way …

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