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The best boozy breaks and day trips around the UK | Travel

WINE

FizzFest, Hampshire

FizzFest is the Vineyards of Hampshire’s annual festival, held at a different vineyard each year – this year, for the first time, it is at Exton Park. Visitors can taste 16 still and sparkling wines from eight Hampshire vineyards (Exton Park, Hambledon, Hattingley Valley, Cottonworth, Jenkyn Place, Danebury, Raimes and Black Chalk), book a wine and food-pairing masterclass, and take a tractor ride around the 55-acre vineyard, which isn’t usually open to the public. Food comes from local producers and there is a live band. • 21 July, from £15, extonparkvineyard.com

New wine region, Surrey

Albury vineyard tour. Photograph: Jonathan Blackham

Five vineyards have united to form a new English wine region, called Vineyards of the Surrey Hills. All are open for tours and tastings, and run special events. Denbies now opens for brunch at weekends, and has a host of events including regular vineyard train tours with sparkling wine and canapes, and there’ll be live jazz with wine, beer and a barbecueon 16 June. Albury has a wine, cheese and gin tasting day on 7 July, and a “dine between the vines” event on 18 July. At Greyfriars, there is a summer solstice tasting with local cheese and charcuterie on 21 June, sunset yoga and wine tasting on 22 June, and a free open day on 14 September. The other two vineyards to visit are Chilworth Manor and High Clandon. • surreyhillsvineyards.co.uk

Vineyards tour by ebike, Kent

Chapel Down. Photograph: Jason Alden

The UK Electric Bike Centre in Bibbenden rents ebikes for riding on suggested routes through the Kent countryside. One of the most popular is the Kent Vineyards route, taking in wineries including Chapel Down near Tenterden – a good stop for lunch or wine tasting (and panniers are provided for those who want to stock up). Another is the Brewery route, which includes a microbrewery tour and a pub lunch a few miles on. More itineraries are being developed this year, including off-road routes for e-mountain bikes. The company supplies maps, or cyclists can navigate using a new app. • Half day £35, full day £45, ukelectricbiketours.co.uk

Stay in a vineyard hobbit house, East Sussex

Oastbrook is a new vineyard, planted last year near the village of Bodiam. At the same time, the owners built a “hobbit house” into a grassy bank next to the vines. The living room has a vaulted and beamed ceiling and a woodburner, there are two double bedrooms and a garden with a hot tub – a nice spot to sip Oastbrook’s first vintage, a sparkling rosé (which, until their own vines grow to maturity, is being made in partnership with another vineyard). Guests can walk down to the river and use the kayaks, or continue to Bodiam Castle, a 15-minute walk away. • Sleeps four, from £735 for three nights or from £980 for a week, originalcottages.co.uk

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Brewery sportives, nationwide

A sportive at Purity brewery. Photograph: James Rudd

Toby Fellows of LetsGoVelo launched a series of brewery cycle sportives in 2016. The idea was to create non-competitive, sociable cycling events with a place to relax afterwards – so where better than a brewery? That first started and finished at the Wye Valley Brewery in Herefordshire and is still an annual fixture, but the schedule has grown to 11 sportives at breweries including Thornbridge in the Peak District, BrewDog in Aberdeenshire and Purity in Warwickshire, plus cider mills and distilleries. New locations for 2019 include the Chase Distillery in Herefordshire (with post-race gin and vodka), the Towcester Mill Brewery in Northamptonshire and the Dartmoor Brewery in Devon. Cyclists can opt for the half-pint sportive (usually 23-35 miles) or the full pint (usually 50-60 miles) – plus as many pints as they like when they cross the finish line. • Next event 23 June, near Ledbury, last event 7 September, Dartmoor, from £20pp, letsgovelo.co.uk

Canoe pub crawls, Norwich

You can’t beat meandering along the river in a canoe, then mooring at a waterside pub. Pub and Paddle in Norwich offers just that along four routes, with suggested pub stops along the way. It hires out canoes and also collects them from your final watering hole, so there’s no danger of paddling under the influence. The shortest trip is a two-hour evening paddle into the city centre, calling at the Ribs of Beef pub (nine real ales, pie night on Wednesdays). The longest is seven hours to Surlingham, with six possible pub stops en route. There are new activities each summer, such as late-night solstice canoeing and pizza – check the website for upcoming events. • Daily, £12.50 to £30, pubandpaddle.com

GIN

Paddleboarding, foraging and gin-making, Highlands

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Daffy’s Gin is made at Strathmashie Distillery, a Victorian shooting lodge in the Cairngorms. Its “gin school” opened last year and offers gin-making with a twist – pupils go out foraging for their own botanicals, either on foot in the hills or by paddleboard on Loch Insh. The price includes three 20cl bottles of foraged gin to take home and a G&T in the bar. Guests who fancy another drink or two can stay over in the Distillery Cottage or the Butler’s Flat, and go hiking, biking, fishing or wild swimming the next day. • From £95, next foraging trips 12-16 September, or by arrangement for groups of five or more, daffysgin.com

Gin garden tours, Edinburgh

The Secret Herb Garden, a 7½-acre site at the foot of the Pentland Hills just outside Edinburgh, is the UK’s first working gin botanical garden. More than 1,000 juniper bushes and 500 herbs are grown and dried here, then used to make Old Curiosity gin. Now visitors can go on a guided tour of the garden, visit the drying room and distillery, and taste the Secret Garden range (lemon verbena, chamomile and cornflower, apothecary rose, and lavender and echinacea) in the gin lounge. • Three tours on Saturdays and Sundays year-round, one on Thursdays and Fridays from 1 June to 21 September, £15, theoldcuriosity.co.uk

WHISKY

Raft to a distillery, Perthshire

Not in the Guidebooks, a travel company offering unusual experiences, has a whisky tour with a difference. Intrepid tipplers can now reach Dewar’s Distillery by raft. The six-mile journey from Aberfeldy to Grandtully in the Perthshire highlands is a scenic one, traversing the waters that go into the whisky. After lunch, visitors take a blender’s tour and make their own whisky from a blend of cask-strength single malt and grain whisky. The price includes rafting, tour and tasting, a glass and a 500ml bottle. • £65, notintheguidebooks.com

Whisky Trail sailing, western Scotland

If rafting to one whisky distillery sounds good, sailing to several must be even better. This holiday starts in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis and finishes at Oban in Argyll and Bute, island-hopping Jura, Islay, Mull and Skye along the way. There is plenty of shore time to tour the distilleries – there are eight to visit on Islay alone. Depending on the weather, there may be visits to other islands such as Colonsay, which has a brewery. No sailing experience is necessary – the first full day is a training day, and there are daily lessons from two instructors. • Next available trip 2-13 October, from £1,499 for 12 days, including all meals and equipment, rubicon3.co.uk

MIX IT UP

Aperol and Campari, Manchester, Edinburgh and London

The revolving Aperol Bar at Oast House in Manchester

Two Italian aperitifs, Aperol and Campari, are celebrating centenaries this year. Aperol was created in 1919 – as was the negroni, the classic Campari, gin and vermouth cocktail. In Manchester, the Oast House has an Aperol terrace until the end of August, plus a Big Birthday Social with a revolving Aperol carousel bar, live music and DJs (19-23 June, lineupnow.com). There are seven parties to celebrate Negroni Week – in London, Manchester and Edinburgh (20-27 June, lavitacampari.com). Drinkup London runs Negroni Experiments, where drinkers can sample various gins and vermouths before making their perfect cocktail (next event 4 September, drinkup.london). The Applebee’s Fish pop-up on the Southbank has Aperol spritz and negronis on tap (until 15 September, applebeesfish.com).

Great British booze break, Gloucestershire

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The Tudor Farmhouse, a boutique hotel in the Forest of Dean, has a two-night Great British booze break celebrating the area’s breweries, orchards, vineyards and distilleries. The package includes bed and breakfast, a minibar stocked with local beers and ciders, pre-dinner cocktails and three-course dinners. Guests also receive a copy of the hotel’s Great British booze trail, a guide to nine producers in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Monmouthshire. At the Hillside Brewery, for example, visitors can brew their own beer, while the Apple County Cider Co has orchard walks and picnics. • From £235 a night for two, tudorfarmhousehotel.co.uk

Unusual tastings, London

Agave Sessions at The Distillery in Notting Hill. Photograph: Justin Gardner

The capital has some interesting alternative tasting tours. The Distillery in Notting Hill holds Agave Sessions, with tastings of tequila, mezcal and other lesser-known Mexican spirits. The session also includes four cocktails and a Mexican lunch, plus a bottle and small barrel of tequila to take home (£100, next events 6 and 20 July, the-distillery.london). At Laki Kane, a tiki bar in Islington, there are 20 mini pot stills for tipplers to make their own rum (from £45, daily, lakikane.com). TT Liquor in Shoreditch runs a range of tastings and masterclasses, including a molecular cocktail-making class (£70, next event 5 July, ttliquor.co.uk). And the Capital hotel in Knightsbridge runs vermouth sessions, with tastings and charcuterie (£45, Sunday-Thursday, capitalhotel.co.uk).

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Vineyards of Hampshire tasting: some of England’s best sparkling wines on show

Last week, the vineyards of Hampshire held a tasting showcasing some of the top sparkling wines from this county. Of course, Hampshire is, as a county, a political boundary and doesn’t recognise specific soils or climates, but it does have within its boundaries some very good places for growing wine grapes, and quite a bit of chalk. There were some really superb wines on show, and the average quality – as you can see from my scores – was very high. Here are my notes.

Black Chalk

www.blackchalkwine.co.uk

Jacob Leadley was previously winemaker for Hattingley Valley. He’s now gone out on his own making Black Chalk wines, sourcing grapes from top growers in Hampshire.

Black Chalk Classic 2015 Hampshire, England 49% Chardonnay, 34% Pinot Meunier, 17% Pinot Noir. 12% alcohol. Focused and bright with lovely citrus, a hint of apple and good acidity. Linear and fine with real elegance. 94/100

Black Chalk Wild Rosé 2015 Hampshire, England 41% Pinot Noir, 38% Pinot Meunier, 21% Chardonnay. Pale pink in colour, this is taut, lean and precise with crisp, linear citrus fruit with some red cherry hints. Very nice focus to this wine. 92/100

Black Chalk Wild Rosé 2016 Hampshire, England Bright and linear with lively citrus and grapefruit, with some herbs and nice precision. Subtle red cherry notes. Elegant style. 92/100

Cottonworth

www.cottonworth.co.uk

A relatively new project based on three family-owned vineyards covering 30 acres in the Test Valley. Vines are planted on chalk-rich soils and have done really well in competitions, notably the International Wine Challenge.

Cottonworth Classic Cuvée NV Hampshire, England This is based on the 2014 vintage. 46% Pinot Noir, 45% Chardonnay, 9% Pinot Meunier, with a dosage of 6 g/l. Very linear and bright with a real sense of refinement, and some subtle creamy hints under the citrus fruit. Has delicacy and precision. 93/100

Cottonworth Sparkling Rosé NV Hampshire, England 48% Pinot Meunier, 47% Pinot Noir, 5% Pinot Precoce. Dosage 7 g/l. Refined with lovely pure citrus fruit and subtle raspberry and cherry hints. Such focus and elegance here with nice weight, but also freshness and delicacy. 93/100

Exton Park

www.extonparkvineyard.co.uk

With 22 hectares of vines (55 acres) and a state-of-the-art winery, Exton Park has been turning out some very smart wines. Winemaking is in the hands of Corinne Seely, and the vineyard is planted on the pure chalk of the South Downs. Corinne doesn’t do malolactic fermentation, so the wines have a real keenness to them. Pinot Meunier has been a big success so Corinne says they are going to plant another hectare of it.

Exton Park Brut Reserve NV Hampshire, England 2 years on the on the lees and 2 years on cork. 60% Pinot Noir, 40% Chardonnay. Taut and keen with high acidity and some subtle toasty notes. Brisk and linear with lemon and herb character on the palate. Very juicy. 91/100

Exton Park Blanc de Noirs NV Hampshire, England 100% Pinot Noir. Linear and taut with high acidity. Precise with some subtle toast, cherry and citrus characters. Pure, linear and very fine. 92/100

Exton Park Blanc de Noirs 2013 Hampshire, England An experimental bottling (just 400 bottles) from a single block of Pinot Noir. Vivid, intense and taut with very high acidity. Piercing lemon and redcurrant notes. Very expressive. 90/100

Exton Park Blanc de Blancs 2011 Hampshire, England This had 3.5 years on lees and 3 on cork. It’s complex, toasty and a bit creamy with nice precise lemony notes, some herbs and a juicy, linear finish. Powerful with complex herb and toast character. 93/100

Exton Park Brut Rosé NV Hampshire, England 70% Pinot Noir, 30% Pinot Meunier. Very delicate with sappy, fine green notes on the nose. Lovely precision on the palate with cranberry, raspberry and sweet citrus. Fine. 92/100

Exton Park Pinot Meunier Rosé NV Hampshire, England Sappy and herby with refined cherry fruit and an appealing herbal twist. This is a delicate, pure wine that has a lot of character. 92/100

Hambledon Vineyard

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The core of the Hambledon project is the soil, which is chalk, but not just any chalk. This chalk was part of the Paris basin, and was formed on the seabed some 65 million years ago. It’s the same chalk that is found in the Côtes des Blancs in Champagne, and has a high Belemnite content. With some new plantings in 2018, there are now 200 acres under vine at Hambledon, and the grapes are processed in a beautifully equipped gravity-fed winery. Malolactic fermentation is practised here.

Hambledon Classic Cuvée NV Hampshire, England Based on the 2014 vintage, this is 40% Chardonnay, 31% Pinot Meunier and 29% Pinot Noir. Dosage 7 g/litre. This is really refined. The acidity is pronounced but it is elegant acidity that integrates well with the subtly creamy, herbal citrus fruit, with a twist of apricot and mandarin richness in the background. Very fine. 92/100

Hambledon Classic Cuvée Rosé NV Hampshire, England 90% Chardonnay, 10% Pinot Noir, 10g/l dosage. Pale pink in colour. Sappy with nice green hints and some leafiness. Nice bright citrus and cherry notes with some redcurrant. Very lively and expressive. 91/100

Hambledon Première Cuvée NV Hampshire, England 73% Chardonnay, 3% Pinot Meunier, 24% Pinot Noir. 7 g/l dosage. 46 months on less and base wine is 14% barrel fermented. This is compact and refined with nice subtle citrus and pear fruit. Beautiful acidity with a lovely linear, focused palate and subtle toastiness. There’s some richness as well as the freshness, and this is very fine. 94/100

Hattingley Valley

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With 24 hectares (60 acres) of vines across two sites in Lower Wield, Hattingley Valley is a major player in the English sparkling wine scene. Their first vineyard was planted in 2008, so these vines are beginning to get some maturity, and the wines are made in their own dedicated winery. A proportion of the wines are barrel fermented.

Hattingley Valley Classic Reserve NV Hampshire, England Base wine is 2014 with 18% reserve wines. 50% Chardonnay, 30% Pinot Noir, 19% Pinot Meunier, 1% Pinot Gris. 7 g/l dosage, 24 months on lees. Lively and bright with an appley edge to the crisp citrus fruit. Very expressive with keen acidity and lovely focus. 90/100

Hattingley Valley Rose 2014 Hampshire, England 60% Pinot Noir, 38% Pinot Meunier, 2% Pinot Noir Precoce. 8 g/l dosage, 24 months on lees. Delicate and expressive with lovely citrus fruit and some toast and subtle cherry notes. Very lively and balanced. 91/100

Hattingley Valley Demi-Sec 2013 Hampshire, England 59% Pinot Noir, 36% Pinot Meunier, 5% Pinot Noir Precoce. 35 g/l dosage, 3 years on lees. Rich nose leads to a palate with sweet appley fruit and some spice. Complex, broad and off dry, this is really effective. 90/100

Hattingley Valley Blanc de Blancs 2013 Hampshire, England 100% Chardonnay, 6 g/l dosage, 4 years on lees. Fresh and vivid with nice purity and some lemony fruit, with a hint of apple. Subtle herbal notes in the background. Fine and nicely expressive. 92/100

Jenkyn Place

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Simon Bladon moved from Yorkshire to Hampshire in 1997, buying Jenkyn Place, which in previous life had been an important hop farm. He planted his first vines in 2004, and after three subsequent rounds of planting, the vineyard is now complete. The wines are made by Dermot Sugrue.

Jenkyn Place Classic Cuvée 2013 Hampshire, England 62% Chardonnay, 24% Pinot Noir, 14% Pinot Meunier. 9 g/l dosage. Fresh and bright with vivid citrus fruit. Has a very lively character with some herbal notes. Such precision and focus with a juicy personality. 90/100

Jenkyn Place Sparkling Rosé 2014 Hampshire, England 52% Pinot Noir, 32% Chardonnay, 16% Pinot Meunier. Dosage 8 g/l. Pale pink in colour, this is juicy and fresh with subtle cherry and citrus fruit with some fine herbal notes. Very lively. 90/100

Jenkyn Place Blanc de Noir 2010 Hampshire, England 50% Pinot Noir, 50% Pinot Meunier. 7 g/l dosage. This is really lively and expressive with juicy lemony fruit. Has great acidity with some fine herbal hints. Bracing, with keen acidity. 91/100

Raimes

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Augusta and Robert Raimes are fifth generation farmers in the South Downs, and have planted grapes on the chalky soils of their family farm. The wines are made by Emma Rice at Hattingley Valley, and the results are impressive.

Raimes Classic 2014 Hampshire, England 51% Chardonnay, 29% Pinot Noir, 20% Pinot Meunier. Gold Medal in the 2019 International Wine Challenge. Lively and fresh with nice citrus and pear fruit. Very juicy, Vivid with some lovely fine herbal hints on the linear palate. Very good. 92/100

Raimes Blanc de Noirs 2015 Hampshire, England 69% Pinot Noir, 31% Pinot Meunier. Compact, taut and lively with linear citrus fruit. Has herby hints as well as a bit of cherry. Very linear and delicious. 91/100

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The best boozy breaks and day trips around the UK | Travel

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WINE FizzFest, Hampshire

FizzFest is the Vineyards of Hampshire’s annual festival, held at a different vineyard each year – this year, for the first time, it is at Exton Park. Visitors can taste 16 still and sparkling wines from eight Hampshire vineyards (Exton Park, Hambledon, Hattingley Valley, Cottonworth, Jenkyn Place, Danebury, Raimes and Black Chalk), book a wine and food-pairing…