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Dorset Producer is Star of the Show at WineGB Awards

PRESS RELEASE 25 July 2019   The top winners in the WineGB Awards 2019 were announced on 23 July, when the industry came together at Vintners’ Hall, the spiritual homeContinue reading

WineGB Awards 2019: The Gallivant is proud to be sponsoring the Single Varietal White Award

The Gallivant has been an avid and passionate supporter of English wine since The Gallivant opened its doors in 2016. Today it has MORE ENGLISH WINES ON ITS LIST THANContinue reading

Dorset Producer is Star of Show at WineGB Awards

The top winners in the WineGB Awards 2019 were announced on 23 July, when the industry came together at Vintners’ Hall, the spiritual home of the UK wine trade, toContinue reading

UK’s national wine competition reveals the depth of quality across all styles, varieties and wine regions

The medal winners in the WineGB Awards 2019 are unveiled today, revealing an impressive range of winners from across all the winegrowing regions of the UK. Whilst traditional variety sparklingContinue reading

GRAPE BRITAIN: British Airways just got a little more British

London: June 4, 2019: British Airways is celebrating its centenary year in style with the launch of its own English Sparkling Wine. Customers will be able to enjoy the bubblesContinue reading

Battle of the Secateurs’ – UK’s first vine pruning competition takes place

WineGB’s first ever UK competition in vine pruning took place last week at Hush Heath Estate in Kent, highlighting the skill and hard work that goes in to looking afterContinue reading

Founder of Plumpton Wine Division, Chris Foss, is to retire

Chris Foss, founder and Manager of Plumpton Wine Division, will retire at the end of this academic year after 31 years of service with the college. Starting at Plumpton inContinue reading

England flies the flag at ProWein: celebrating growth in exports and an exciting future

PRESS RELEASE 11 March 2019 Some of England’s leading wine producers are returning to ProWein (Sunday 17 – Tuesday 19 March), ready to put a spotlight on some of the UK’sContinue reading

Who is the Top Vine Pruner in Britain’s vineyards?

Thursday 7 March 2019: It’s secateurs at the ready as viticulturists battle it out in the first ever vine pruning competition in Britain. As British vineyards increase in size andContinue reading

Boom Time for British Vineyards

New survey released by UK wine industry shows significant increases in wine production in the last year Sales and exports of English and Welsh wines have doubled Major growth inContinue reading

PRESS RELEASE: The Duchess of Cornwall Toasts Britain’s Booming Wine Industry

• HRH The Duchess of Cornwall attends gala dinner to celebrate the UK Wine Industry’s success • 2018 hailed ‘a vintage year’ has broken all records for production • TheContinue reading

Plumpton College Sees Largest Cohort of Wine Students Ever!

The UK’s centre of excellence in wine education, Plumpton College, is delighted to announce that the student intake for 2018/2019 wine courses is by far the largest since they started,Continue reading