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A plea to get out in the vines this autumn – with tips on how and where to go. Above, Westwell’s vineyards in Kent. The best time to visit an...
Henry Jeffreys
Thursday 16 October 2025
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A tribute to Peter Hall (1943–2025)
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Saturday 4 October 2025
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Trust England to witness the headline 'Heavy Rain Brings Flood Warning' in the same week that the grape harvest begins...
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The rabbit nets that caused me so much unbridled joy in YITV5 made a delightful re-appearance this week, returning to...
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With harvest fast approaching, there is a growing sense of anticipation in the vineyard. The weather for this final trimester...
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Economics were on my mind when I went for my weekly shift at the vineyard last Friday. It was on...
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This week at the vineyard, I was removing fishnet stockings from female legs. That, at least, is what I was...
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This week at the vineyard, the work was exactly the same as last week. To wit: tying young vines on...
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This week at the vineyard I witnessed two remarkable things. The first was a cunning piece of viticultural technology called...
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I have a new skill to add to my CV: 'proficient with Gripples (all sizes)'. The Gripple (pictured below) is...
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Earlier this year, I compared working in a McLaren Vale winery to trench warfare: relentless, gruelling physical toil. Having survived...
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English fizz has been knocked off the top of the rostrum in this year's English and Welsh wine competition. For...
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English Wine Week starts tomorrow, Saturday 24 May. English wine producers are organising various events to promote their wines, with...
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The 35 sparkling wines below were all tasted blind in January of this year as part of a Master of...
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Britain’s most upmarket supermarket chain Waitrose announced today that next year it will plant vines in England, the first UK...
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In the company of the head sommeliers from two of Gordon Ramsay’s London restaurants, La Noisette and Maze, I blind...
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The English & Welsh Wine of the Year Competition 2007 was judged by a panel of six Masters of Wine...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. Wine is a particularly sensitive barometer...
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