I chuckled at first but why not good wine from Wales? Somehow I don't think I'm going to find a bottle in France - they don't even like American wines in shops - but if I did, I'd love to see what it's like. They're growing pinot noir and chardonnay which are of course, the grapes grown in Champagne.
The first vintage of a newly-planted vineyard in a sunny valley in Monmouthshire has won two medals at leading wine competitions this week.
Ancre Hill Estate's prosaically-titled White Welsh Regional Wine 2008 was awarded a silver at the Decanter World Wine Awards and a bronze at the International Spirit and Wine Competition, and has been commended or won a medal at a third major show, the International Wine Challenge.
Richard Morris, a chartered accountant who turned his passion for wine into a business five years ago, planted three types of vine – pinot noir, seyval blanc and chardonnay – in a south-facing meadow outside his home four years ago.
