We did revisit the wine shop at the Hop Pocket near Ledbury as they let us know that the Sixteen Ridges wine was in stock....we had to then of course sample and indeed it is a really tasty, quite light, red - most enjoyable. This red is a pinot noir. We do seem to be getting spoilt for choice on our favourite red!
Mid-September saw us at the Ludlow Food Fair which last year was at the beginning of our wine search really. Wroxeter vineyard were exhibiting again and the owner told us that their latest red, a Rondo, will be being bottled in the next few weeks. We decided that an imminent visit is needed. And so we finally drank the bottle of Shropshire Red which we had bought at last year's food fair - and my oh my, what a lovely red it is! Our imminent visit seems even more necessary! This Shropshire Red, a blend of Rondo and Dornfelder I believe, could easily top my favourite to date....
Another new vineyard was exhibiting at the food fair, Rodington near Shrewsbury (Blue Tractor Wines) and a sample at the fair seemed worthy of a future visit....
We also sampled a couple of the whites we had recently bought - Ragged Stone which we had acquired at the Hop Pocket. This is a blend of Seyval Blanc and Phoenix and the small vineyard is a walled garden at Bromesberrow Place in the Malvern Hills. This is a very pleasant and tasty white. We have also sampled the Hop Kilns white (see Hop Pocket entry....). This again was a Solaris - quite good but still not as good as Walton Brook!
We are hoping our visit to Wroxeter vineyard - and maybe another one or two - will be later this week so do hope you watch this space....
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