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A Stay at Denbies Vineyard Hotel
I’ve just had a brilliant stay at Denbies Wine Estate in Dorking, in the beautiful Surrey Hills. It’s less than an hour’s drive from me and it’s about the same on the train from London. Well worth the journey to be surrounded by rolling hills, vineyards and fresh air.
Top English Wine Week Picks
Lot’s of good drinkin’ happened this week! Check out our top English wines.
The Best Rosés to buy this Summer
Want to know what the best rosés are to buy THIS summer? Read on so that you can celebrate Rosé Season in style!
English Sparkling Wine: Exton Park’s Reserve Blend wines
This is where Exton Park stands out from the crowd. They have just released their Reserve Blend range, a trio of Traditional Method sparkling wines made from a 10-year-old library of reserve wines. Usually even Non-Vintage wines rely on a base vintage, but Exton Park are happy to challenge classic winemaking conventions and do things differently.
Wednesday Wine Women: @drink.folc
Elisha co-founded folc in 2020 with her partner Tom, with the ambition to create a high quality English rosé with a modern mindset. She knew that their customers wanted transparency, sustainability and inclusiveness at the heart of the wine they are buying and that's exactly how folc produces their English wine.
English wine? English? Wine?
When the rest of the world thinks about England, they most likely think of red phone boxes, the Queen, cups of tea and rain. They probably don’t think about wine. Oh, we Brits LOVE wine – we guzzle gallons of the stuff, I’m sure you know that. But we actually make it too. We MAKE it! And we make it pretty darn well.
Defined Wine: The UK’s First Contract-Only Winery
Defined Wine was set up in 2018 by Henry Sugden to make wine for other people. Defined owns no vineyards or brands – they purely act as the vessel to bring their clients’ visions to life, with as little or as much involvement as the client desires. The client defines the experience when it comes to making their wine.