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THE GRAPEVINE 2014 Autumn Edition ~ Volume 42: Part 3

MVA Wine Competition

Research - Scottish Vines Under Cover

Delicious Events at Kerryvale

Abridged Version for Non Members

Contents:

The Grapevine Volume 42: Part 3

MVA officials and committee

members

2

Advertising Rates 2

Editorial 3

Welcome to new members 3

Forthcoming Events 3

Chair’s address 4

News snippets 6

MVA Wine Competition

- Secretary Report

- Judges View

8

14

Research - French Hybrid Red

Wine Grapes Under Cover in

Northeast Scotland

16

Culinary Excellence at Kerryvale 23

Words of wisdom from

agronomy

25

MVA membership form 27

Adverts: Hobson’s Fish 1

Core Equipment 3, 19

Vigo 4

Brega & Rossi 5

Trinity 22

Agronomy 25

The Vine House 26

Front Cover Photograph Welland Valley Vineyard by Liz Robson


MVA Honorary Officials and Committee Members Contact Details

Chairman: Shaun Merrick

Home Farm House

Somerby,

Barnetby,

Lincolnshire. DN38 6EX

�01652 628560

e. [email protected]

Competition Organiser:

David Bates

Welland Valley Vineyard

Vine Lodge, Marston Trussell

Market Harborough. LE16 9TX

��01858 434591

e: [email protected]

Tony Skuriat

Eglantine Vineyard,

Ash Lane Costock,

Loughborough

LE12 6UX

��01509 852386


Vice Chairman: Richard Rallings

Valentine Cottage,

Aston Munslow,

Craven Arms,

Shropshire SY7 9EW

�01584 841021

e:[email protected]

Website Editor

Gabrielle Richardson,

New Lodge Vineyard,

Earls Barton,

Northampton. NN6 0HF

�� 0777 9491760

E: [email protected]

George Bowden

Leventhorpe Vineyard

Bullertorpe Lane,

Woodlesford,

Leeds, West Yorks. LS26 8AF

�� 0113 2667892

Treasurer: William Hobson

Monument House,

Somerby, Barnetby,

Lincolnshire. DN38 6EX

� 01652 628165


Magazine Editor: Liz Robson

Kingfishers’ Pool Vineyard,

43 Westfield Lane,

Rothley, Leics. LE7 7LH

��0116-2375168


David Millington

Wroxeter Court,

Wroxeter, Shrewsbury,

Shropshire. SY5 6PQ

��01743 761003


Membership Administrator:

Sarah Fletcher

The Homestead,

Vicarage Lane

Cadney, Brigg,

North Lincolnshire, DN20 9HS

[email protected]

Mob. 07970 180966

General Secretary: Geoff Card

6, Highfield Way,

Aldridge,

Walsall. WS9 8XF

��01922 454447


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The views expressed in the Grapevine are those of the contributors and do not necessarily represent the policy or views of the Mercian

Vineyards Association or its Officers. Quotations, photographs and reports from external sources are given in good faith and the Mercian

Vineyards Association cannot accept responsibility for their accuracy.

Copyright in original material remains with the contributors.

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EDITORIAL by Liz Robson

When preparing this edition I suddenly

realised that I have will have been editor for

three years by the time of the April meeting. I

have thoroughly enjoyed this editorship and

hope that I have managed to steer the journal

in a suitable direction as the challenges of

deadlines, attracting advertisers, spiralling

printing and postage costs are all travailed.

The magazine would not be possible without

the contributions of members and associates

hence all contributions have been much

appreciated. Now, a magazine should not be

static and ideas for future direction inclusions

would be welcome and could be discussed at

the November and April meetings.

This edition is understandably dominated by

our MVA Annual Wine Competition and we

have both David Bates Competition

Secretary’s Report on p.8 and the Judges View

by Sue Lobb on p.14. Both put over a very

positive message. Whilst on the subject of

being positive, the intrepid Alan Smith has

scientific paper about growing Scottish vines

under cover on p.16, and the Kerryvale

culinary initiatives on p. 23 make a delicious

read.

I had hoped to conduct another Wine Talk

interview, but time and competing priorities

prevented this, so I hope to do this for

another edition, providing, of course, I am

still elected as editor at the April meeting!

Welcome to New Members

Mr Simon White, Frampton, near Boston in Lincolnshire

Peter and Julia Van Tongeren, Great Witley, Worcestershire.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

23rd

November AGM – The Grange, Earls Barton, Northamptonshire.

March/April AGM – details to be confirmed


CHAIRMAN’S ADDRESS

By Shaun Merrick

As we

approach

the winter

there are

three topics

that I would

l ike to draw

to members’ attention:

1. The UKVA-sponsored Vision &

Strategy Workshop at Vintners’

Hall held on 18th September.

2. Healthy Harvest – The impact of

losing plant protection products on

UK food production.

3. International Cool C l imate Wine

Symposium May 2016

These are al l big subjects concerning

the future of our industry but there

may be something, however small ,

that we can either contribute towards

or take as ideas to explore in within

our region. Better to do something

than to let others direct our business

futures without reference to our

needs and expectat ions?

Vision and Strategy

At the t ime of writ ing the report of

the Vis ion and Strategy Workshop has

not been publ ished and the fol lowing

are just my personal observations of

the event on the day with the benefit

of comments made by others.

There were a number of areas of

concern identif ied in the debating

process, which can be reduced

perhaps into 4 main areas of focus:

a. Reputat ion, Recognit ion and

Marketing

b. Qual ity Assurance;

c. Industry governance and

leadership

d. Business Sustainabil ity

I suspect that a number of working

parties wil l be formed to address

each of these subjects and the UKVA

wil l want to seek out members with

relevant ski l ls and interest to sit on

these working parties.

There was a sense overal l that

members want to be directed and led,

and for someone to provide the

‘magic’ answers. The challenge wil l

be to f ind that someone and to steer

a path with the industry in support as

a united body.

How should we respond to the report

when it is published and how should

we be represented best in further

discussions?

Healthy Harvest

Highl ighting the key points from the

introduction to this paper:

“While the rest of the world seems to

be responding to the challenge of

feeding a burgeoning global

population UK and EU product ion has,

at best, stal led. Some sectors, such as

cereals and f ield vegetables are

experiencing an actual production

decrease.

Although the reasons are complex,

one key dr iver is change to the

regulatory framework in which UK

agriculture and horticulture operates.

The undeniable fact is that over-

regulation, both at an EU and UK

level, severely hampers our abil ity to

provide the raw ingredients for the

food and drink we consume.

To read the full articles, please subscribe to

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NEWS SNIPPETS

Rothley Wine Ltd

It has been all action at Kingfishers’ Pool

Vineyard since Liz retired from her day job as



Claylands

Daryl and Shelley Gill are still searching for the

ideal vineyard plot. However, this does not



Bacteria

Charcoal

Various acids including metatartaric

Calcium or potassium carbonate

Diammonium phosphate

Enzymes

Finings

Potassium sorbate

PVPP

Various tannins

Yeasts and other products

VAT No: 528 3697 12

Tel: 01322 279178

Mobile: 07773 501853

Fax: 01322 279178

Email: [email protected]

81 Denver Road

DARTFORD

Kent

DA1 3JU


Halfpenny Green An exhausted winery manager, Ben Hunt, sat

down for the first time in seven weeks after a



Dalrossach, Aberdeenshire Alan Smith explained that ripening of outdoor

varieties was set-back by cold conditions



Kerry Vale Vineyard Nadine Roach has been experiencing some



Renishaw

Kieron Atkinson has achieved a coup. After

success at UKVA and MVA competitions, the



Wem Harvest Market

Wem Harvest Market, held as part of British

Food Fortnight, took place in late September.

The latter organisation provides an ideal To

read the full articles, please subscribe to the

MVA to get a full copy of the magazine

Corinne Goddard of Commonwood Vineyard at the 5th

Annual Wem Harvest Market.


MVA 2014 WINE OF THE YEAR COMPETITION

Competition Secretary’s Report

By David Bates

The good growing conditions in 2013 were

reflected in the standard of the wines

entered this year with most having acidities

in balance with the wine style. There were a

total of 84 entries, although one bottle was

withdrawn and one arrived broken.



MVA TROPHIES 2014

Class Trophy Vineyard Wine

Descriptive statistics:

31 Dry white

5 Medium dry white

2 Sweet white

16 Rosè

21 Red

10 Sparkling


Class Vineyard Wine Year Winemaker Award 1

. D

ry W

hit

e

Halfpenny Green Long Acre 2013 C Vickers GOLD

Leventhorpe Seyval 2012 G Bowden GOLD

Benchmark Benchmark

Silver

Silver

Silver

Silver

Silver

Silver

Silver

Silver

Silver

Silver

Silver

Silver

Bronze

Bronze

Bronze

Bronze

Bronze

Bronze

Bronze

Bronze

Bronze

Bronze

Bronze

Bronze

Bronze

Bronze

Highly

Commended

2.

Me

diu

m

Dry

Benchmark Benchmark

Langot Valley Langot Valley Dry White 2013 M Millington Silver

Bronze

Bronze

Bronze

3.S

we

et Claylands Sierra Eight One 2013 D Gill GOLD

Bronze

Benchmark Benchmark


4.

Ro

sè

Bearley Rose 2013 M Fowke Silver

Benchmark Benchmark

Silver

Silver

Silver

Silver

Silver

Silver

Silver

Silver

Bronze

Bronze

Bronze

Bronze

Bronze

Bronze

Highly

Commended

5.

Re

d

Somerby Rondo 2013 E Templeman Silver

Welland Valley Naseby 2013 D Bates Silver

Chevelswarde Light Rondo 2013 J Daltry Silver

Benchmark Benchmark

Bronze

Bronze

Bronze

Bronze

Bronze

Bronze

Highly

Commended

Highly

Commended

6.

Sp

ark

lin

g

Yorkshire Heart White Sparkling 2012 G Spakouskas GOLD

Welland Valley Steeplechase (white) 2010 D Bates Silver

Benchmark Benchmark

Bronze

Bronze

Bronze

Bronze

Bronze

Bronze

Bronze

Highly

Commended


A JUDGE'S EYE VIEW…

by Sue Lobb AIWS

Sharing a heady mix of intrepidation, anticipation and a little excitement, the judges arrived at

Marston Trussell Village Hall ready to embark on assessment and judging of the 91 entries to the

2014 MVA Annual Competition. As always, the organisation was superb, so clipboards and lists in

hand, we began:

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DRY WHITES:

It was felt the overall standard throughout the.............

French Hybrid Red Wine Grapes Under Cover in Northeast Scotland

by Alan Smith, Dalrossach Vineyard, Aberdeenshire

“We want the finest wines available to humanity, we want them here, and we want them now!” Withnail, in Withnail and I (1986)

Introduction


Well, perhaps not necessarily the finest wines here in Northeast Scotland, reasonable would suffice.

Although it has been suggested that global warming should lead to the advancement of grape

growing northwards, the weather here at 570N has been less favourable since the instability in the

jet-stream began in the summer of 2007. As a consequence, I have been exploring the possibilities

for covered growing in addition to testing Baltic grape varieties outdoors. Grapes have been grown

in greenhouses in Scotland going back to Victorian times [1-3]. Although the focus was usually on

To read the full articles, please subscribe to the MVA to get a full copy of the magazine


Culinary Excellence at Kerry Vale

A Night of Shropshire Wine & Cheese

In celebration of English & Welsh wine

week, Shropshire based Kerry Vale

Vineyard hosted a Wine and

Evening on Friday 30 May , 7

their cellar door shop and wine café

The event included a glass of sparkling

wine on arrival and the opportunity to




at Kerry Vale

A Night of Shropshire Wine & Cheese

In celebration of English & Welsh wine

week, Shropshire based Kerry Vale

hosted a Wine and Cheese

Friday 30 May , 7 – 10pm at

their cellar door shop and wine café

The event included a glass of sparkling

wine on arrival and the opportunity to




Words of Wisdom from Agronomy

By John Buchan

Well didn’t you do well !!

In general, high yields with high sugars and

low acids, this should be a great vintage.

However a few suffered from Powdery and

...................



John Buchan

AGRONOMY

Vine Nutrition: The Balancing Act

For independent advice on:

� Interpretation of Soil and Tissue Analysis

� Formulation of Nutrient

Programmes

� Supply of Tailor-made Products

� General Agronomic Advice

Please call: E-mail:[email protected] Home: 01630 639875 1a, Garden City Mobile: 07713 632347 Tern Hill MARKET DRAYTON Shropshire TF9 3QB



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