England, especially in the south, has a lot of vineyards. Vineyards are pretty and usually out in the countryside, down reasonably good and scenic roads, and a lot of them have some species of cafe or shop on site, as clearly wine alone isn’t going to pay all the bills. Part of this could be because there is a very old and inexplicable extra tax on wines produced and bottled in the UK, which makes them more expensive than those from regions abroad. This seems, from a Buy Local perspective, singularly self-defeating.
This summer, I will be visiting a selection of these vineyards - not that I can drink the wine when riding. So I shall have to judge them on other essential criteria - parking, access, coffee.
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