From the Grapevine

I've been lucky enough to visit Lanzarote and Cape Verde in 2025 to find out more about their volcanic wine industries.

Lonely Planet's 2015 "Wine Trails" book has been updated. Here's my verdict.

Two years later than planned (thanks, Covid!) we packed our panniers and headed off to seek wines along the Loire.

I finally escaped 18 months of covid captivity to go and explore the Douro Valley in Northern Portugal - tasting wines along the way!

English wines are going from strength to strength, but where are the vineyards? Closer to Swindon than you might think!

From the Grapevine took a trip down the Danube on 2 wheels, visiting 3 countries in 5 days. The wines, spirits and cakes all got sampled.

For this blog post we travel further afield from Swindon to the World's largest producer of wine; The Republic of Moldova!

The French claim that they invented champagne, but one sleepy Gloucestershire village has other ideas. Just who did put bubbles in our fizz

A winery tour at the Three Choirs Vineyard in Newent turned into 24 hours of perfection.