Sophie Evans has just completed the first harvest on her single hectare of 10 year old vines, we were there to help get the last fruit over the finish line. Exciting things to come from the garden of England.
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Al is spending October getting stuck in: picking and processing fruit destined to become the wines of Domaine Hugo, Offbeat and Hamstreet among others. Here’s how he’s getting on.
Read moreA Tasting with Hugo Stewart
The debut tasting of Domaine Hugo on Monday 23rd August. We'll be at Elliots and Antidote with Hugo pouring to give as many of you as possible a chance to taste the first wines from these biodynamically farmed Wiltshire vineyards.
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Hugo Stewart's farming story doesn't begin with fruit, but with pigs. The family farm; Botley's, had belonged to his grandmother and uncle, before the responsibility fell to him. So pigs it was, until twenty years ago. Needing a change of scenery he rented the farm out to a neighbour so he could spend a year in France. Or so he thought.
Read moreMust Be Some Way Out Of Here...
“Businessmen they drink my wine, ploughmen plough my earth” The next release from Dan & Nic at Offbeat will be with us soon, having been bottled today, the 21st of June. A direct-pressed Pinot Meunier channeling the tension and release of Dylan’s battle cry from his home in the hills.
Read moreThe Cerne Abbas Giant introduces MV01
Winemaker Clare Pestell at Melbury Vale had been struggling to decide what to do with a rogue barrel from her 2018 vintage. Our pal Daniel Ham from Offbeat suggested to Clare that the base wine still had enough yeasts present that it might do well as a Col Fondo…
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