Every summer, English Wine Week offers the perfect opportunity to explore the depth, quality, and passion behind England’s flourishing wine industry. This year, from 21st to 28th June, we raise a glass to the vineyards, vintners, and visitors who are helping to put English wine firmly on the global map. The theme for English Wine …
By Marc Millon Wine tourism is a growing trend in the short break holiday market here in the UK. Today’s wine lovers are seeking not just opportunities to taste good and great wine, they are searching for experiences that include visiting wine estates to taste, learn and enjoy directly at the source. Wine tourism is …
Christmas wine gifts are the perfect choice for a ‘grown-up gift’ that most will love . For those who have stayed or visited Lympstone Manor, (perhaps enjoyed a glass of Classic Cuvée sparkling wine as a welcome drink, or a glass or bottle from the range of award-winning table wines) a gift of a bottle …
By Marc Millon, wine writer On Saturday 12th October 2024, the sun broke out and autumn warmth flooded the Lympstone Manor Estate vineyard as a group of 45 guests gathered at the together for a pre-harvest pick (the main harvest will take place next week) to celebrate the fifth Lympstone Manor Harvest Festival. Steve Edwards, …
By Marc Millon Have you yet tried Lympstone Manor’s ‘Spirit of Lympstone Manor Eau de Vie de Marc’ or the ‘Essence of the Spirit of Lympstone Manor Gin’? Lympstone Manor Estate is proud to add these two distinctive, high-quality artisan distillates to its range of wines now available. There has been, in recent years, an …
By Marc Millon The English wine scene has evolved immensely over the past two decades and Devon wine is now regularly winning awards and accolades that have brought it to the attention of wine lovers around the world. So what is it that’s made Devon wines, and those of Lympstone Manor Estate, surge in popularity …
Not that many decades ago, it was inconceivable that England’s cool climate would produce globally recognised wines. Yet, here we are, in the midst of a booming national wine making industry proving our mild climate can produce world leading English white wines. As European countries struggle with stifling summer heat, English winegrowers are taking …
At this time of year, the work in the vineyard is only just beginning. Over the colder months, Steve Edwards, Lympstone Manor’s Operations Director and now also Vineyard Manager, has been in the vineyard most days undertaking the laborious and skilled task of pruning each of the vineyard’s 17,500 vines as well as the partial …
Catch Michael Caines MBE, Chef Owner of Lympstone and Operations Manager, Steve Edwards on the In The Vineyard With podcast, hosted by Moshé Cohen.‘In The Vineyard With’ features in depth conversations with leading figures in the world of wine. Moshé Cohen is a wine consultant, a member of the Circle of Wine Writers and an …
By Marc Millon – Wine, Food and Travel Writer. Sustainability in winegrowing and winemaking can mean many things. It is more than just a production process or processes, and extends from how grapes are cultivated through to every stage of wine production, and even beyond to adopting social responsibility for the environment and communities surrounding …
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