We were visiting Chris's sister as she was making us all proud by taking part in a team triathlon, swimming in Harewood House Park lake near Leeds, an event supported and attended by the famous, Olympic medal winning and world record winners, the Brownlee brothers. Friends of hers took over for the cycle and run and they did so well - and so many hundreds of people took part raising money for the McMillan charity. Well done all of them.
So as we were there, we decided to visit maybe the most northerly vineyard in the country close to Holmfirth - symbolically, home of Last of the Summer Wine! We couldn't imagine what Compo would have made of it!
The vineyard has been here since 2007 and with its own winery and a very experienced winemaker who won winemaker of the year in England in 2008 and 2011, and who is making some excellent wines. As with many of the new vineyards, the visitor centre also provides good food and tours and wine courses.
Today we enjoyed a lovely light lunch ........and sampled the Solaris and the red which is a blend of Regent and Rondo.
The red is very good as is the Solaris, but the Solaris is not quite as tasty as my still favourite from
Walton Brook.
The vineyard is set in a beautiful place, high in the Pennines overlooking Holme valley. It was lovely today. They have 7 acres here in total and it must be challenging to tend the vines on the steep hills.
Grapes grown are the whites: Seyval Blanc and Solaris and the reds: Regent and Rondo.
They also produce sparkling wines and a rosé.
We took a rosé home and sampled it later and it is a very pleasant wine. I guess at some stage we may have to find a taste for sparkling wines.....In the meantime, we are really enjoying finding such great reds! Cheers!
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