Owner of Jenkyn Place, Simon Bladon, shares the ups and downs of being an English wine producer in this live video interview from the vineyards of his Hampshire estate. He discusses why this year’s harvest in England has been a mixed bag (with a devastating …
Europe
Julian Jeffs is one of the world’s most experienced authors on Sherry and wines from Jerez. In this Julian Jeffs interview, Amanda Barnes asks him his perspective on how the region has changed since the 1950s, what makes it unique and why no one …
Julian Jeffs wrote ‘Sherry’ in 1961 and has been a pre-eminent writer on Sherry ever since, having tasted thousands of sherries since his first trip in the late 1950s. He shares his favourite sherry food pairing with us in this quick video interview. I …
When you start a wine tasting with advice for an emergency escape route in case the boat starts sinking, you know that this will be a tasting with a difference. The long barge boat of London Shell Co was the setting for a tasting …
Here in England (I’m getting geared up for our 80 Harvests European leg!) it is the Sherry Festival (5-18th June) which means bars and wine shops around the UK are running promos on sherry wines to get consumers back into the golden nectar from Jerez. It …
Want to take part in our Europe leg in Autumn 2016 and Autumn 2017? We want you to help vote for what you want to see – the producers, the regions, the wines, the places, and the people. Be part of 80 Harvests and …
We have a full schedule lined up over the next couple of years! We started in South America at the beginning of 2016, and will be visiting North America in Fall 2016. Then onwards to Europe (which we will be returning to later as …