Latest news:

ENGLISH WINE WEEK - This will be from 25th May-!st June. As part of these celebrations there will be a guided tour of the vineyard on Sunday the 1st June. This will also include a tour of nearby Avonleigh Vineyard This will give you a chance to taste and buy the Quoins wines as well as the Little Ashley wines. Send an email to alan@quoins.demon.co.uk.

Directions:

Quoins Vineyard - A363 Bath Bradford-on-Avon. Take the road directly opposite the turning to Cumberwell Golf Course. Turn right at the crossroads. The vineyard is 100m on right.

Avonleigh Vineyard - B3105 to the Leigh Park Hotel. Take the Corsham turning and the vineyard turning is 50m on the right

10th March 2008 - the 2006 Madeleine angevine which is sold under the 'Zephyr' label has just won a Bronze award at the Wessex Vineyards Association Wine Tasting event. This puts it at the regional quality level although I won't be changing the label at this stage.

8th March 2008 - Good news indeed - turning over a stone near the pond, low and behold, a crested newt sitting and waiting for spring. I assume that it has migrated over the hedge from the wheelwrights pond and decided living here is more comfortable.

We had a good year in 2007 despite the poor weather. The non-organic growers reported failed crops as a result of the outbreak of downey mildew. We didn't suffer that badly as we have two varieties Rondo and Orion that are mildew tolerant as well as following management practices that reduce conditions favourable to disease development eg plucking leaves from around the bunches of grapes to encourage drying out of the bunches.

Thus we expect in the region of 1,700 bottles of Orion, 750 bottles of Rondo and 1000 bottles of Madeleine angevine for sale in September

We have agreed to supply Waitrose stores in Stroud, Cirencester, Bath and Westbury so keep an eye out for it. Sales are progressing well at local shops and Farm shops around Bradford-on-Avon with them all renewing their orders recently.

Finally The 2006 vintage Artemis is now available for sale