Traditional wine making

MODERN wine production methods are all very well but most of us associate the process with good, old-fashioned grape treading.
By The Newsroom
Published 25th Aug 2006, 11:41 BST
Updated 7th Jun 2018, 22:36 BST

To keep traditionalists happy a bunch of happy wine makers got into the barrel with their grapes on Tuesday.

The occasion was to promote next weekend's annual English Wine and Regional Food Festival at the English Wine Centre, Walton's Oak Barn, Alfriston, on September 2 and 3.

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In charge (and to make sure things didn't get out of hand) was Christopher Ann, Alfriston resident and the brains behind the festival.

Christopher got behind English wine in its early days when most critics said the grapes could not be grown on English soil, they would not ripen and if they did ripen no-one could make palatable wine.

Now English wines feature on the list at State banquets, win plaudits in international competitions and sell in industrial-scale quantities through major merchants and supermarkets.

The festival features the best of English wine and food and is open to all.