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How near is your nearest vineyard?

Tony Lockhart

Tony Lockhart

Avoiding Stress, at Every Opportunity
They seem to be popping up all over now, and they’re as far north as North Yorkshire, at least. It must be getting to the point down south where everyone has a local vineyard.

Ours, Burnt House Vineyard, is just under a mile away. The business appears to be flourishing, and they’re even planning to build some holiday accommodation on-site.




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5 minute walk at most. Surrounded by them down here in West Sussex - Nyetimber, Nutbourne, Kinsbrook, Southlands Valley

As the crow flies, the nearest vines are less than 400m away.

Dandelions are big in the vineyards around here:

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A lot of people in this country poo-pooh English table wines. This is a pity, as many fine English wines appeal not only to the British palate but also to the cognoscenti of Australia.

Badgers Mount Bordeaux is rightly praised as a peppermint-flavoured Burgundy, whilst a good Sidcup Syrup can rank with any of the world’s best sugary wines.

Chateau Blue, too, has won many prizes, not least for its taste and its lingering afterburn.

Old Smokey 1968 has been compared favourably to a Welsh claret, whilst the Limey Wino Society thouroughly recommends a 1970 Coq du Rod Laver, which, believe me, has a kick on it like a mule. Eight bottles of this and you’re really finished! At the opening of the Thames Bridge Club they were fishing them out of the main sewers every half an hour!

Of the sparkling wines, the most famous is Packwod Gullet Pink. This is a bottle with a message in, and the message is “Beware!”. This is not a wine for drinking. This is a wine for laying down and avoiding.

Another good fighting wine is Maidstone Old and Yellow, which is particularly heavy, and should be used only for hand-to-hand combat.

Quite the reverse is true of Chateau Chunder, which is an appelation controllée specially grown for those keen on regurgitation. A fine wine, which really opens up the sluices at both ends.
 
A few kilometres. We are right between Côtes du Jura and Châlonnais, and not far from Mâcon.
The village of Chardonnay is not far either.
 
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