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A corking tool for staycationers! New interactive map pinpoints the best vineyards and distilleries to visit in Britain Britain now boasts over 763 vineyards, over 260 of which were established in the past five years Thanks to the gin boom the UK now boasts over 440 distilleries, including 80 new distilleries last year alone The … Read more
World’s 50 best vineyards for 2020 named, with last year’s Argentinian winner No1 overall again, the top U.S winery coming fifth and New Zealand snaring the regional Australasia crown Argentina’s Zuccardi Valle de Uco was crowned World’s Best Vineyard by a prestigious global voting academy During an online Monday-night ceremony Bodega Garzon in Uruguay was … Read more
Winemaking couple build their unborn baby a mini cellar door cubby in their vineyards – complete with a fridge, a chic deck and a tiny espresso machine Elise Cook, 29, and her husband Domenic Palumbo, 30, are expecting a child The hardworking couple live and work at their cellar door, Down The Rabbit Hole They … Read more
Quackers! The wine estate that unleashes 1,600 DUCKS into its vineyards to keep them free from pests Vergenoegd Löw The Wine Estate in South Africa unleashes Indian runner ducks into its vineyards The ducks happily dine on snails and insects, which allows the estate to be less reliant on pesticides They walk, rather than waddle, … Read more
Italian winemakers give the landscape a fairy-tale glow by placing hundreds of flaming torches among their vines to protect them against the coldest May temperatures in decades Winemakers in South Tyrol have been placing anti-frost torches among the vines to save their grapes The torches – called smudge pots – can raise the temperature by … Read more