Wine Festival 2015 The Vineyards of Hampshire Wine Festival 2015 was held at Hambledon Vineyard on Sunday 12th July 2015. The Vineyards of Hampshire Wine Festival is a small, but perfectly formed, wine festival consisting of several Hampshire Wineries, all of whom are Hampshire Sparkling Wine Producers, and local Hampshire food producers. The food […]
Tenuta Villa Trasqua
The Wines of Villa Trasqua Tenuta Villa Trasqua is situated in the locality of Trasqua in the very heart of the Chianti region, just a few kilometres to the south-west of the famous small city of Castellina in Chianti. From the estate one can see the historic, walled, medieval, hilltop village of San Gimignano. They […]
Hambledon Vineyard Visit Part 2
Continued from Hambledon Vineyard Visit Part 1. Hambledon Vineyard Winery Visit Hambledon Vineyard made national newspaper headlines earlier this year when HRH The Duchess of Cornwall officially opened the £2.5 million, 100% gravity fed state-of-the-art winery. It was rather fitting that the Duchess of Cornwall was chosen to open the winery as she is the […]
Hambledon Vineyard Visit Part 1
I was lucky enough to visit Hambledon Vineyard on a very windy, and rainy, day in late October 2013. So, I don’t really have any great pictures of the vineyards and grapes etc. to share, but I do have some really interesting photographs of their brand new winery – currently, and I imagine for some […]
Meonhill Chardonnay Brut NV – Decanter World Wine Awards 2013 Results
Meonhill Chardonnay NV | Decanter World Wine Awards 2013 Results Our favourite local English sparkling wine producer Meonhill Wines has won a Silver Medal at the Decanter World Wine Awards 2013 for their new release, the Meonhill Chardonnay Brut NV, or Blanc de Blancs as I prefer to call it. Read more about the Meonhill […]
Mayfield Expression Brut Rosé
Mayfield Expression Brut Rosé Today I received in the post a bottle of Mayfield Expression Brut Rosé which was my prize for my suggestion for the name of Albion for a name for English Sparkling Wine in a competition run by wine educators Susie and Peter. You can read my reasons if you follow the […]
Matthew Jukes mentions Meonhill Wines
Starting to take notice of Meonhill Wines! Seven English wines to make us all proud – with full stockist list! A nice mention for Meonhill Reserve Brut NV from top English wine-writer Matthew Jukes in this article picking 7 of the best English sparkling wines. Contrary to what the article says, at this point, they […]
Meonhill Wines – A New English Winery in Hampshire
Now available at the Fareham Wine Cellar. Edit 06/06/15 Please note, since this article was written the ownership of Meonhill Wines has changed. The Chaplin family are no longer involved and it is now a joint venture, since 2014, between founder Didier Pierson and Ian Kellett but separate from Hambledon Vineyard Plc., where he remains […]
