Not just for wine buffs / oenophiles.
Instead of getting hung up on malbec and merlot, noses and tannins, we’re raising a glass to the UK wineries shaking up the English wine-making scene.
Join us as we speak to the innovative producers championing community and fuelling our love for locavore labels and natural tipples. We’re popping the cork on homegrown grapes and spotlighting the next generation of UK wineries.
Plus, we catch up with Renegade Urban Winery’s Founder Warwick Smith who has ripped up the wine-making rule book and is producing outstanding wines beneath a railway arch in Bethnal Green. He shares his tips for picking a stellar bottle of plonk, the urban wineries we should visit and an easy trick to look like an oenophile.
We’ll drink to that.
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Warwick Smith’s epic list of urban wineries to check out:
Renegade Urban Winery, of course
https://www.renegadelondonwine.com
Broc Cellars, California
Bow and Arrow, Oregon
https://www.bowandarrowwines.com
Donkey and Goat, California
Infinite Monkey Theorem, Colorado
https://theinfinitemonkeytheorem.com
The Red Hook Winery, New York
Noita Winery, Finland
And the UK wine producers he suggest paying a visit too:
Charlie Herring
Offbeat Wines
Langham Wine
India and Fleur’s reccs for booze-fuelled weekends:
Wild Escapes at Fullerton Farm
Tillingham
Oxney Estate
Forty Hall
https://www.fortyhallestate.co.uk
Warden Abbey Vineyard
Articles to help you seek out the best vineyards:
https://suitcasemag.com/articles/uk-wine-industry
https://suitcasemag.com/articles/worlds-best-wine-destinations
https://suitcasemag.com/articles/underrated-wine-destinations
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