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Dear All – As there appears to be no enthusiasm for the Suffolk show this year the committee felt that the money saved could be used to promote our regional cellar doors by placing some advertising and getting editorial to help promote us all, and drive visitors to our cellar doors and open days, and […]

Dear All, we have had a forme for courier wine boxes x 6 made at Smurfitt, and Piers at New Hall has done the same for standard 6 bottle boxes. The boxes are white card and one piece folding style. The standard boxes fit a normal height Bordeaux wine bottle (the courier boxes will also […]

Dear All, A quick reminder that we need to get entries in for the Trade Tasting. We believe that Warden Abbey, Shawsgate and Lavenham Brook have entered – if we can just have confirmation from them on the wines they wish to show, and from anybody else who would like to enter, we would be […]

Dear All, Mary Mudd, who organises wonderful wine tours, with all the benefit of her experience, has nearly filled the planned tour to the West Country 17th August to 20th August. It promises to be a fascinating adventure amongst our South Western member Vineyards, including Camel Valley, Sharpham and Knightor. Mary’s tours are always very […]

Happy Spring everyone 🙂 That nice guy at Agrii has been at it again and sent us some more usefull information for the coming growing season. Please find links below for the usual Vine Notes along with a Spray Programme, Approved Pesticides for Grapes and a Fungicide Disease Matrix all saved as a pdf. Happy […]

Good Morning All   We have now received the official letter from the UKVA re the tradeshow. The Trade Tasting is being held at 1 Great George Street on Wed the 7th May 2014.  Entry will cost £35 per wine. Despite initial uncertainty we are able to show our wines on our own regional table as […]

Dear All – we have had a few issues with our users list and some members have not received the latest post – pls forgive us if you have already had this  but we are re-sending to reach those who may not have received it. We do hope you have been keeping up with us […]

We do hope you have been keeping up with us on this website, but if not, then the AGM is your chance to find out what we have been up to as a region over the past 12 months, suggest and/or input into initiatives for the region and hear three great speakers from different organisations covering a variety of topical […]

Grape Press Article Alistair Nesbitt Analysing the past will help the UK wine industry face the challenge of climate change. September 2013 saw the publication of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, the 5th Assessment. This report, produced by over 100 countries, sets out the agreed scientific consensus on the state of […]

Dear All,  The weather is definitely improving and before we know it Spring will be here. Just a few reminders for you: We have managed two wineskills workshops in our region.  The pruning workshop by  kind permission of Nick Thompson at Brook Farm was well attended,  and the ‘Establishing a vineyard’ workshop is set to go ahead […]