Tony and team are frantically harvesting grapes under the auspices of the greatest château of them all – Windsor Castle. Helped out by a few energetic local customers plus Peter Richards MW from BBC Saturday Kitchen.
The Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier are looking fabulous … the winemakers are confident it’ll be another vintage wine to celebrate!
If you fancy the delicious but rather rare 2014 on your Christmas table, it comes gift-packed as part of the Thames Trilogy. Click here to see more.
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Vineyard chief Anne with a device for measuring ripeness. Shades of Terminator?
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First up, a lesson on what to pick (left) … and what to terminate (right). Standards are sky high.
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Peter Richards MW from BBC Saturday Kitchen lends a helpful hand.
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One for the bucket list … working a vintage at Windsor Great Park Vineyard.
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Tony Laithwaite (right) has now worked 50+ vintages, starting in Bordeaux in 1965!
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Look at that healthy Chardonnay fruit. It’s going to be another great year!
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Karl, our English sparkling buyer, knows his wines from the ground up.
The current 2014 vintage is delicious drinking and comes gift-packed as part of the Thames Trilogy. Click here to see more. To read more about the harvest, here’s local blogger VineSight.
Wow lovely u had a great harvest time