Grape escapes

Henry Jeffreys on the emergence e of Essex as a winemaking county

Each month our editorial team tastes a lot of wine, but not all of it makes it onto the page. So here’s our in-house pick of other great wines we’ve tried

There’s a treat in store for lovers of history, design and fine food at Aynhoe Park in Oxfordshire. The estate was redesigned in the 19th century by Sir John Soane, and today it integrates collections

Plenty of high scores highlighted the ever-rising quality of English fizz and the skill and ambition of the country’s winemakers

A snapshot of what’s happening in the world of wine

WE have the Romans to thank for introducing us to many things, including central heating, baths, coins and 10,000 miles of roads. But that’s not all. After marching on to our shores in AD43, it wasn’t