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I was invited to Natterjacks, who are stocking four of our wines, to speak to customers about the vineyard and wine. I took our new “King Richard”  “Spirit of Freedom” and and “Battle Royal” the last two having arrived from Halfpenny Green only the day before (they make the sparkling wine from our grapes) The…

The cherry trees (left) escaped the May frosts and their lovely white blossom has given way to dark red cherry buds. The Siegerrebe vines (right) were the first to swell their buds in spring and suffered some 40% loss of buds due to frost, but the remainder are bursting into life to reveal primitive bunches…

Our very first stand and opportunity to sell wine directly to the public. We had a very busy but enjoyable two days at the cheese fair in Melton Mowbray at the Bank Holiday weekend. We literally had throngs of people at the stand sampling our wines and asking questions. Many were astonished that there was…

We paid our first visit to Oakham Wines, who took delivery of our Sparkling Orion, Solaris and Royal Richard wines. This specialist wine shop is an Alladin’s cave of wonderful drinks, cigars and nibbles. The owner/manager, Harish, is a great character and our lively conversation was interrupted by a  customers popping in and out to…

Scotts of Quorn stocked “Royal Richard” for the first time, and it sold so quickly that we had to make a second delivery the following evening. This gave us a chance to sample some of their continental wines and absorb the lovely atmosphere of this small wine bar. Looking for an excuse to come again.