I've been the vineyard manager there for 22 years now. As for visiting, well anytime if the weather is good, restaurant, tours, self guided vineyard tour. (Although occasionally we have to close that if we're using machinery in the vineyard.) The restaurant in summer though is stunning. Worth...
it's very rewarding and at times frustrating and difficult, like growing any crop really. I got into it by mistake (bringing this thread back to Riesling) I had a casual job on a Riesling vineyard in Clare Valley, fell in love with it, that was 26 years ago
Yep, I think it just took a couple of brave people to move away from (mostly) German varieties and plant classic varieties for sparkling and it went very well. When I started in viticulture 25 years ago there was about 20 hectares of Chardonnay in England; it's just shy of 3000 ha now.
Sussex, not yet. One grower I know of tried it and grubbed it up. Maybe one day, after all they said that about Chardonnay in England and now it's our most widely grown variety.
I was in Niagara in 2022 at the International Cool Climate Wine Symposium. Was surprised how the Niagara Peninsula region is such a fascinating grape growing region, so many styles, the most well known winery there probably Inniskillin, (icewine.) nova Scotia was interesting too, some great...
Radio Gnome Invisible
3 albums on the same story about Zero the Hero and pothead pixies in flying teapots
Part 1 Flying Teapot
Part 2 Angel's Egg
Part 3 You (my favourite)
Why would you buy a season ticket in the first place if
A; rather watch on TV
B; not liking the cold when a reasonable chunk of the season is played during the winter?
Frustrating but better than our last home game against Croydon. Good to see Solly back. Gruda and O Reilly look promising. Looking forward to the trip to Villa