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fter a lovely dinner and night spent at the picturesque five star


Lainston Hotel near Winchester we set off under a light grey sky in the Bentley Flying Spur heading for Exton Park Vineyard, the last stop on our luxury English wine tour. Exton Park is set in Hampshire overlooking Exton village in the Meon valley (now that’s a great name for a wine region, evocative and rolls off the tongue) and has the same chalky soil as the Champagne


region. They are a relatively new company which is already winning some very impressive accolades. They launched their first wine only last year, though they first planted in 2003 and are planting more to reach their full capacity of 55 acres, all at around 120 metres above sea level.


We were greeted by winemaker Corinne Seely, vineyard manager Fred Langdale and pr manager Fiona Campbell, ready with a bottle


Bentley Flying Spur V8 S Exton Park Vineyard English Wine adventure


of Exton sparkling and glasses in hand. But first we took a little tour around the facilities, they have just finished an eco friendly cool cellar with solar panels for temperature control and are soon to complete a new cellar and reception area especially for visitors. The winery is state of the art and recently equipped according to Corinne’s innovative vision. The team here has been pulled together with much thought and is certainly a winning combination.


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