Alder Vineyard Win Silver Award at IEWA 2017

We are thrilled to report that we have been awarded a silver medal in the first Independent English Wine Awards for our Alder Vineyard Madeleine Angevine 2014 vintage.

The IEWA’s were held in Bristol during March 2017 showcasing fantastic wines from all over the country. Each wine entered was judged by a highly credible panel of industry experts.

Alder Vineyards IEWA Silver Award Madeleine Angevine 2014 Being awarded an IEWA medal is an impressive achievement after critical evaluation by this collection of expert palates. The only information given about the otherwise ‘blind’ samples is grape variety and year. Judging is then carried out in panels of four, with wines tasted by category and assessed on their merits against a detailed scoring matrix.

Our first vintage, the white Madeleine Angevine 2014, is a single variety English wine producing fruity overtones of melon and apple, with a crisp, dry palate. Enjoy served well chilled, on its own or with chicken and seafood. Beautiful!

We are delighted to add this award to the Highly Commended also awarded in September 2015 from the South West Vineyards Association Annual Awards.

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We stayed here two nights in order to attend a wedding in the area. It's a lovely quiet location and we were made to feel very welcome. We really enjoyed going for a walk in the grounds (fields, forest and vineyard) and generally felt very at home and relaxed there.

The room was very nice, as was the house in general and we really appreciated the little touches like local fudge and tea in the room.

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Breakfast was great and plenty of it (I need to go on a diet now!), although you could have as much as you liked or just a small amount. Jane always asked if you wanted more toast, tea, etc. I didn't ask at the time, but wondered if porridge could be added to the menu, please? Also liked that Jane put a small flask of milk and a bottle of water for each room in the fridge near the front door so you could help yourself if Jane wasn't around at the time. None of those fiddly, tiny pots of milk which run out too quickly! Room was spacious, clean and comfortable. Location suited me as it was not too far from the course I was attending. Farmhouse was set in lovely countryside with walks though a tree plantation, vineyard and a lake too!

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