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    My Favourite English Wines - and where to buy them!
    Nichola Kelsey
    • Jun 28, 2020
    • 8 min

    My Favourite English Wines - and where to buy them!

    Thanks to Katie Howard (aka @theyankeetraveller) for letting us share her beautifully written blog. There are some fantastic English wines and vineyards mentioned here, and we were thrilled to be featured. Follow The Yankee Traveller blog to check out more of her writing! Last summer I blogged about My Experience With Great British Wine Tours (go check it out if you haven’t already!). It was shared by a wine company, and I started speaking to them through Instagram. At that
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    Top 5 tips for buying wine online
    Nichola Kelsey
    • Jun 8, 2020
    • 4 min

    Top 5 tips for buying wine online

    Here at Welcombe Hills Vineyard, we’ve really noticed how social distancing has had an impact, both on our business and how we live. It’s dictated how we shop and how we behave as consumers. Panic buying created supply issues with toilet roll and cleaning products at the start, and some retail outlets even put a restriction on purchases of bottles of wine! It’s been heartening to see so many local businesses react to the changing situation and offer an online shopping experie
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    English Wine – A Year in the making
    Nichola Kelsey
    • May 26, 2020
    • 4 min

    English Wine – A Year in the making

    One of the hot topics on any of our vineyard tours is what a year on the vineyard looks like, how much work is involved and how we fit it all in. Well, the reality is that growing and producing English wine is a bit like painting the Firth Bridge. One season quickly blends into the next and there are always jobs to do. To give it some context, below is the annual cycle of wine making. Winter Although the vines are at rest and dormant there is still plenty of work to do. The
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    New to wine tasting? Here’s what you need to know
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    • Jul 11, 2019
    • 3 min

    New to wine tasting? Here’s what you need to know

    Easy guide on how to taste wine
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    Back with a bang for English Wine Week!
    Nichola Kelsey
    • May 26, 2019
    • 2 min

    Back with a bang for English Wine Week!

    After a 4 year break we are delighted to be relaunching Welcombe Hills Vineyard with a range of wines from the past and present and our new tasting room is ready to kick English Wine Week with our first tours. Spaces are limited and filling fast so make sure you book soon to avoid disappointment. Orders can be placed through our online shop with free delivery within 10 miles of the vineyard in Stratford upon Avon or buy in person by visiting Vin Neuf At The Farm! 2018 Bacchus
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    First signs of harvest
    Nichola Kelsey
    • Aug 12, 2018
    • 1 min

    First signs of harvest

    There are many key moments in the vineyard year but none for me so poignant as when the grapes start to ripen and go through veraison. This is truly the start of the countdown to harvest and this year the English climate has scored a hit with weather to match our European neighbours. Veraison is the point where ripening begins and the grapes begin to change colour and accumulate sugar. It's now, and only at this stage, that we have begun to allow ourselves to plan this year's
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    My family and other animals
    Nichola Kelsey
    • Aug 8, 2018
    • 2 min

    My family and other animals

    Having acquired the vineyard, we appear to have also inherited most of Farthing Wood in our back garden. First, a horde of crows stand guard on our barn and show very little fear to humans, machines or life in general. I fear these mean-looking birds offer Welcombe Hills what the rooks offer the Tower of London, so will do nothing to annoy or deter them as they were here long before me so surely have squatters rights. On the lighter side, a family of deer decided to make camp
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