The Growth of Wine Tourism in the UK

From Tasting Room to Tourism Powerhouse: The Rise of Wine Tourism in the UK. For decades, wine tourism was something the UK consumed rather than created. Vineyard visits belonged to Champagne, Tuscany or the Douro, not Kent, Sussex or the Wye Valley. English and Welsh vineyards were small, production was limited, and few estates had […]
British Wine in a Changing Climate

A Changing Climate, a Changing Map: How Global Warming Has Fuelled the Rise of English and Welsh Wine. For much of the twentieth century, commercial winemaking in England and Wales was viewed as eccentric at best and unviable at worst. Cool summers, unpredictable frosts and marginal ripeness meant that vineyards were few, outputs were low, […]