Climate change researchers have pegged Essex and Norfolk as the next major areas to plant as warmer summers extend the area where grapes can be grown productively in the UK.
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WineGB has announced it will exhibit at this year’s London Wine Fair (LWF) as a major generic body for the first time.
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Mannings Heath Golf and Wine Estate has proposed plans to build a winery, tasting room and restaurant on its 500-acre West Sussex site.
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Bolney Wine Estate has won new listings at five prestigious venues.
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Hampshire winery Black Chalk has leased four vineyard sites from Fullerton Estate in the Test Valley.
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Gusbourne has announced it is extending its global reach with new distribution partners in seven countries from the start of 2020.
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Aldi has chosen the Dorset-based Lyme Bay Winery to produce an English sparkling wine for its premium ‘Exquisite Collection’.
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The new Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for drinks containers could cause chaos for products bound for differing parts of the UK, an industry body has warned.
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Tamara Roberts, chief executive of Ridgeview Wines, has been appointed president of the International Wine & Spirit Competition Awards for 2020.
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Kent’s Hush Heath has been awarded a gold medal by the International Wine Challenge (IWC) for its The Red Miller 2018 red wine, marking the first time an English red has claimed the top award.
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Rathfinny has launched its first ever en primeur campaign via its Classic Cuvée, which is being positioned as a more accessible entry point to the Sussex estate’s premium range.
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Bolney Wine Estate has made its first foray into the burgeoning gin category with a classic dry English variant.
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Matthew Clark has partnered with Herefordshire winery Sixteen Ridges to launch By Golly Nouveau - an early release Pinot Noir - to celebrate the French November tradition for young, fruity wines.
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Gusbourne has declared 2019 “yet another” high quality and quantity vintage.
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Rathfinny Wine Estate has announced a 19% increase in 2019 yield compared to last year’s harvest.
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Kent-based foodhall Macknade has taken on a wine retail outlet offering 400+ wines,
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Divico could be the grape to drive UK production of “quality red wine”, according to viticultural scientists in Kent.
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Lyme Bay winery has produced a still white wine exclusively for Morrisons marking the first time the multiple retailer has offered consumers an own-label English wine.
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Interlude, the restaurant at the Leonardslee Estate and Gardens in Sussex, has become the first restaurant attached to a UK vineyard to win a Michelin star.
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Sussex-based winery Bolney Wine Estate has redesigned its labelling to make its bottles 100% recyclable for the first time.
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