English Wine News

Kenton Vineyards Ortega has swopped  the South West Challenge Cup for the best dry white and a Gold Medal in the South West Vineyards Association annual competition. This wine, which is a particular favourite of ours, has beaten off the best whites from some of the country's biggest wine producers.  Mathhew Bernstein, Proprietor and Winemaker at Kenton said "It's nice to finally win a trophy, we've been close several times before." A full list of the 2014 winners can be foun..

Vineyards and wineries from all over the United Kingdom are throwing open their doors from tomorrow until the 1st June as part of the English Wine Week, the national campaign designed to raise awareness and give access to all things English Wine.  There's something happenning for everyone and full details can be found on the English Wine Producers' website. Near us Bothy Vineyard, Oxfordshire’s oldest winery and vineyard, will be pulling its weight ..

24th May to 1st June is English Wine Week. This year’s English Wine Week sees the great and the good from in and around the English wine industry throwing open their doors, putting up the bunting and doing whatever they can to promote the very best produced from English and Welsh vines.  Tasting, discounts, tours and a whole range of other events can be found on the English Wine Producers website. Obviously Great English Wines is no exception and are offering a 10% discount on al..

Renowned English wine producer Three Choirs Vineyard has completed the purchase of Wickham Vineyard in Hampshire. According to Three Choirs’ Managing Director Thomas Shaw, “The purchase of Wickham Vineyard was partly driven by the very strong demand for English still wines, demand that far exceeds our current production levels. “We are delighted to have purchased such a well-known vineyard and look forward to restoring it to its former glory as a producer of quality English wines..

For the first time ever, Oxford will play host to the UK Vineyards Association Wine of the Year Competition.  Behind closed doors, world renowned Masters of Wine will judge English and Welsh wines to recognise and reward the crème de la crème. After judging has ended and the winners have been announced, the people of Oxford will have the opportunity to taste over 100 of the award winning wines at the English Wine Festival held at the Oxford Union on Saturday 7 June (11 am -..

24th May to 1nd June is English Wine Week. This year’s English Wine Week sees the great and the good from in and around the English wine industry throwing open their doors, putting up the bunting and doing whatever they can to promote the very best produced from English and Welsh vines.  Tasting, discounts, tours and a whole range of other events can be found on the English Wine Producers website. Obviously Great English Wines is no exception and are offering a 10% discount on al..

Last night Biddenden Vineyards’ flagship wine, Biddenden Ortega was announced ‘Best Kent Wine’ for the third year running in the 10th annual Taste of Kent Awards.  The awards were held at the Kent Event Centre at Detling and were organised by Produced In Kent.  Initially, the awards are chosen by public vote followed by a final taste testing by a judging panel. The Taste of Kent Awards are highly regarded throughout the county and are used as an accreditation for establishing th..

Contrary to popular belief, the history of English wine is a long and distinguished one. Sadly, an unfortunate interwar interruption in the production of English wines has seen England gain an erroneous reputation as a nation in which no vineyard may flourish. It is most unfortunate that this decline in the English commercial wine trade happened to coincide with a period of great change and social upheaval, during which wine became accessible to an upwardly mobile swathe of the population. Wi..

How would you like to win some English Sparkling Wine and have it delivered to a loved one in time for Valentines Day? The English are now competing with the very best wine makers from around the world, including those from the Champagne region, but there are still an awful lof of English people who have never tasted English wine.  Well here's your chance to win and sample a bottle of English sparkling wine from one of the most established and trusted brands; Chapel Down from Tenterd..

Global warming has been blamed for many things, glaciers melting, sea levels rising, seasons changing and weather becoming more extreme.  But as temperatures increase, one industry could make unlikely progress in the north of England; the wine industry.  According to Chronicle Live conditions are becoming more conducive to growing grapes.  However before Northumberland’s beautiful rolling hills can be planted with vines, scientists may have to overcome the stumbling block of th..