English wine is the fermented juice of freshly picked grapes grown in England and Wales. The wines are available from the vineyards and (occasionally) from supermarkets - Tesco and Waitrose being the best for variety though have a look at the Hop Pocvket, English Wine Centre and Orchard Hive & Vine sites. The majority of wines are white, though there are a few quality reds beginning to appear. There is also a growing trend towards satisfying the supposed shortage of sparkling wine for the Millenium - see the

Country house vineyards	Beaulieu New Forest Mt. Ephraim Kent Ickworth Suffolk Renishaw - Derbyshire Sherborne Castle (& Wake Court) Dorset
Accommodation	Clawford - Devon Tiltridge Worcestershire Leigh Park Hotel Bradford-on-Avon Wiltshire Oakford - Devon Astley Stourport-on-Severn
Restaurants - Star rating	****Wyken Suffolk - Best to book **Denbies Surrey - the biggest ***Three Choirs Gloucestershire Bruisyard Suffolk Leeds Castle and Gardens, Kent Biddenden Kent
Visits -specialised	Denbies Surrey - Films and People mover trains Davenport, Rotherfield - School & University trips catered for
Wines (white) by grape type
	Classic Grapes- Chardonnay Valley Vineyards Berkshire Denbies Surrey Classic Grapes- Riesling Denbies Surrey Bacchus Bearsted Kent Shawsgate Sussex Wyken Sussex Coddington Herefordshire Offas Vineyard Herefordshire Sandhur, Kent Huxelrebe Bodenham Hereford Barnsole Kent Faberrebe Bearstead Kent Madeliene Angevine Leventhorpe Yorkshire Hendred, Oxfordshire - rich dry wine - Rosemary - Isle of Wight Muller Thurgau Bruisyard Suffolk Reichensteiner Bodenham Herefordshire Staple, Kent Parhams Farm Dorset Rosa Muscat (also known as Schonburger) Setley Ridge New Forest Schonburger Chiltern Valley Tiltridge Gloucestershire Seyval Blanc Breaky Bottom SussexThis is the one everyone else aspires to - wins International prizes regularly Jays Farm Hampshier - excellent award winning wine Hendred, Oxfordshire - rich fruity dry wine Siegerrebe Three Choirs Ortega Syndale Valley Kent Bothy Vineyard Oxfordshire Coddington Herefordshire
Wines- Red	Wyken Suffolk - Bearsted Kent - A light red Boze Down Oxfordshire Camel Valley Cornwall Hidden Spring Sussex - superbly kept vineyard Pinot Noir from Valley Vineyards - wins all the prizes but pricey Beenleigh (Devon) Grown under poly-tunnels Cab. Sauvignon
Wines Easy drinking blends	Cwm Deri from Wales Pleasant Summer's day Welsh wine Hinton Grove from Thames Valley Hale Valley Wendover
Sparkling - rated by Decanter magazine	*****Nyetimber in Sussex ***Bothy in Oxfordshire ***Chapel Down (Tenterden) Sussex ***Wickham in Hampshire ***Chilford in Cambridgeshire Bearsted - TOP UK WINE 1999 Ridgeview- one of the top prize winners

Please let me know of any favourites that you think are worth including in this list.