English wine

Inside information 8am, Thursday 9 Oct 2008. Fields are still misty as the Kentish sunrise washes through the haze. It’s going to...

Inside information Trust England to witness the headline 'Heavy Rain Brings Flood Warning' in the same week that the grape harvest begins...

Inside information The rabbit nets that caused me so much unbridled joy in YITV5 made a delightful re-appearance this week, returning to...

Inside information With harvest fast approaching, there is a growing sense of anticipation in the vineyard. The weather for this final trimester...

Inside information Economics were on my mind when I went for my weekly shift at the vineyard last Friday. It was on...

Inside information This week at the vineyard, I was removing fishnet stockings from female legs. That, at least, is what I was...

Inside information This week at the vineyard, the work was exactly the same as last week. To wit: tying young vines on...

Inside information This week at the vineyard I witnessed two remarkable things. The first was a cunning piece of viticultural technology called...

Inside information I have a new skill to add to my CV: 'proficient with Gripples (all sizes)'. The Gripple (pictured below) is...

Inside information Earlier this year, I compared working in a McLaren Vale winery to trench warfare: relentless, gruelling physical toil. Having survived...

Free for all English fizz has been knocked off the top of the rostrum in this year's English and Welsh wine competition. For...

Free for all English Wine Week starts tomorrow, Saturday 24 May. English wine producers are organising various events to promote their wines, with...

Tasting articles The 35 sparkling wines below were all tasted blind in January of this year as part of a Master of...

Free for all Britain’s most upmarket supermarket chain Waitrose announced today that next year it will plant vines in England, the first UK...

Inside information In the company of the head sommeliers from two of Gordon Ramsay’s London restaurants, La Noisette and Maze, I blind...

Free for all The English & Welsh Wine of the Year Competition 2007 was judged by a panel of six Masters of Wine...