WINES made in Oxfordshire have won a number of national awards.
Hendred Vineyard, near Wantage, won two silver medals and a bronze in the English Wine of the Year competition.
Opened by husband and wife Steve and Viviane Callaghan in 2007, the haul was the best in the vineyard’s history.
Silver medals went to Hendred Brut, a sparkling wine, and Furlong, the vineyard’s dry white wine. Rockpit Rose, produced from pinot noir grapes planted in 2007, took bronze.
Mr Callaghan said: “We’re absolutely delighted. English wine may have been once been the butt of jokes, but that’s certainly not the case now.”
The couple will receive the awards at a ceremony in the House of Lords next month.
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