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Camel Valley wins another five silver medals in World’s biggest wine competition
Cornish vineyard and CFD member Camel Valley is no stranger to the small screen, and this beautiful vineyard has appeared in dozens of TV programmes since it was planted in 1989. Five of their wines won Silver Medals at this year's Decanter Wine Awards, the World's leading wine competition!... more »

May 2013 Dispatch
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Jamie Goode: 'Star Winery Camel Valley'
Jamie Goode rated Camel Valley Brut Cornwall a star winery in his top 50 Champagnes and sparkling wines.... more »

Camel Valley wins Bollicine del Mondo trophy for second year
English winery, Camel Valley has been awarded the International Sparkling Rosé Trophy at Bollicine del Mondo for the second year in a row, for its Camel Valley Pinot Rosé 2009. ... more »

March 2013 Dispatch
I finished the winter pruning at 17.45 on Tuesday the 19th of February, slightly later than usual. The reason I am able to be so specific about the date and time is that I had waited longingly to finish. Perhaps advancing years made the task seem so interminable this year, but I prefer to think it was the weather - rain made pruning impossible and meant I got behind with it, when it stopped raining t... more »

Crus' for English sparkling wines
Camel Valley in Cornwall has already had its own PDO passed by DEFRA lawyers and, if approved by the EU DOCG committee, it will be the UK's first Grand Cru... more »

English sparkling wine sales soar in the run-up to Christmas
Corks are popping for English sparkling wine sales in the run up to Christmas. Lindo said: “It’s been a record sales year for Camel Valley"... more »

Camel Valley 2012 Vintage - The Year With The Silver Lining
2012 has been a year so many farmers and growers want to forget. Late spring frosts, droughts, storms, gales, and floods all wreaked havoc on British agriculture. Vine growers, in particular, expected nothing but a meagre crop of potentially unripe grapes... more »

Susy Atkins reviews Annie's Anniversary in The Telegraph
Susy Atkins has reviewed Annie’s Anniversary 2009 in The Telegraph as a: "cool-climate fizz, quivering with crisp acidity, fresh bites of lemon and apple, and a softer dab of creamy yeast towards the finish..... more »

July 2012 Dispatch
As all gardeners and farmers know, 2012 continues to be a very challenging year. The coldest, wettest, dullest - record breaking statistics we don't wish to endure. Pablo, a recently graduated oeneologist from Spain, joined us in the spring, and I can't imagine what he thinks of our weather. He hails from the sunny Jerez region, home of sherry, and fortunately has missed our most embarrassing midsummer weather while he has returned home for a holiday with his family.... more »

Bacchus Wines Big At English wine awards
Loire and New Zealand were told to watch out as the aromatic English white grape Bacchus took home five of the main trophies in the English and Welsh Wine awards... more »

Garlanded Sam
Featured in The Independent… “So, what do they taste like? If good wine is an expression of its terroir, then some English wines do that, encapsulating our countryside in a glass. Start with scents of hay, blossom, wild flowers and cut grass and flavours of elderflower, apples and pears for the whites and strawberries, raspberries, honey and fresh bread for reds and you are just some of the way there.... more »

June 2012 Dispatch
We've had a cruel start to the growing season, with a large number of buds lost to frost. Hopefully there will be secondary growth and all will be well. Shouldn't have sold the frost buster machine, but then it's no use unless it's lit and no-one wanted to get up in the middle of the night to do that... more »

Blanc Backs English Sparkling
Speaking at the launch of Brasserie Blanc in Covent Garden, Blanc told the drinks businesshow the recent leap in quality of English sparking wine could pose a threat to Champagne... more »

Matthew Jukes 5 World Class English Sparkling Wines
Matthew Jukes rates Camel Valley as a World Class English Sparkling Wines in The Daily Mail... more »

Camel Valley Wins 1st place in the MWs tasting of English Sparkling Wines
Camel Valley 2010 Rose Pinot Noir brut won first place at the largest blind tasting of English Sparkling wines ever held on 1 March 2012... more »

Wine Heroes, Vegetarian Living Magazine article
There’s an excited buzz occurring in the wine world. But it’s not coming from any of the usual wine-producing regions… it’s coming from a picturesque valley in Cornwall... more »

Camel Valley comes top in annual UK sparkling wine tasting
"English sparkling favorites Camel Valley and Ridge View came out ahead in a major tasting of 94 sparkling wines – most of them from the UK - held in London last week... more »

English Wine Tasting at WSET HQ, or ‘The butch side of Sparkling’…
The wine of the night was the Camel Valley Darnibole Bacchus 2010... more »

Vineyard sparkle for Air Ambulance
By asking visitors to upgrade their wine tour to enjoy a glass of Camel Valley’s sparkling wine, the vineyard raises £1 per person, all of which goes towards funding the air ambulance. The latest donation of £2k brings Camel Valley’s fundraising total over the years to around £9k ... more »

PDO first for Camel Valley
The UK's first single grower application for Protected Designation of Origin recognition has been submitted by Camel Valley Vineyard in Cornwall.... more »

At Home magazine article
According to experts, the British climate is now almost perfect for growing grapes that will make award winning, vintage sparkling wines that will rival the best vintage Champagnes from France. I've tried some of them and can assure you that the ones I've tried are world class... more »

English Wine: Expert's choice, on Decanter.com
English wine is officially a hot topic, says Susy Atkins, especially the fizz, the best of which rivals Champagne in style, quality and price. See Susy's pick of 21 four and five star sparkling and still English wines... more »

Camel Valley Pinot Noir Rosé Brut 2009 - Top 20 bottles of fizz for Christmas
The Telegraph, Victoria Moore, Top 20 Sparkling Wines: Made in Cornwall, and recently crowned best sparkling rosé at the world sparkling wine championships in Verona, this has a tantalising redcurrant perfume and a lovely presence... more »

January 2012 Dispatch
What a strange end to an odd year weatherwise - the leaves stayed stubbornly on the vines until late November... more »

'Pop open a winner - it's a vintage year for English bubbly' Olly Smith, The Mail Online
For the second year in a row, Camel Valley in Cornwall won the International Sparkling Rosé Trophy, for its Pinot Noir Rosé 2009. That means it’s officially the very best in the world! ... more »

November 2011 Dispatch
Normally we don't take on any extra commitments during harvest, but this year we made a couple of exceptions. In September the world famous Riedel Glass Company visited us to choose and launch the perfect glass for drinking still English white wine... more »

Adventures in Pubs blog
Fantastic award winning British white and sparkling wine. A phrase I never thought I would say but which is 100% deserved!... more »

The Future of English Wine is Crystal Clear
The first ever Riedel and English Wines workshops to determine the best glass shapes for three eminent wines confirmed the importance of glassware in presenting wines at their best... more »

Raymond Blanc at Camel Valley
World famous TV Chef Raymond Blanc visited Camel Valley vineyards near Nanstallon to source the wine for his one hour BBC Christmas Special. Raymond wanted to know what specialties the Lindos made at Christmas to go with their award winning sparkling wines and then cooked together with Annie Lindo in her farm house kitchen.... more »

July 2011 Dispatch
How we love the great British weather - a hot and dry spring followed by a wet and far from flaming June - so predictable in its unpredictability! Somehow the long suffering vines continue to flower and set so all hope is not lost... more »

Matthew Jukes Mail on Sunday
The UK’s number one estate, every wine from CV is a joy... more »

Matthew Jukes Daily Mail Weekend
2007 Camel Valley, Cornwall Brut, Bodmin, Cornwall (£19.95, reduced to £17.95 for a case). Without a doubt the number one winery in the country, Cornwall Brut is the quintessential English sparkler, with masses of floral finesse and elegance. All of the wines from this estate are thoroughly delicious and I would urge you to visit the winery, too, if you can... more »

England is Sparkling!
Winemaker of the year Sam Lindo can’t seem to put a foot wrong on the sun-drenched slopes of his famous Cornish winery... more »

Susy Atkins recommends Darnibole Bacchus in The Telegraph
Susy Atkins talks English Wine and recommends our Darnibole Bacchus in The Telegraph... more »

Bacchus: The Asparagus Test
Trying to pair a wine with asparagus? Fiona Beckett recommends our Bacchus Dry in The Independent as an English sauvignon taste-alike!... more »

Royal Family to produce its own wine
"It is quite simply the biggest boost the English wine industry has ever had" says Bob Lindo of Camel Valley vineyards... more »

May 2011 Dispatch
The fabulous spring weather gave the vineyard a wonderful start this year. The warm temperatures brought the vines on early, and the buds began to swell at the beginning of April, transforming the brown sticks into a sea of light green... more »

Landing on his feet: Bob Lindo's Camel Valley wine, Telegraph article
After a career-ending crash, RAF pilot Bob Lindo turned his hand to wine, with astonishing results... more »

March 2011 Dispatch
The new season has got off to a good start this year – away from the vineyard. With winter pruning finished by the middle of February and well ahead with winemaking and bottling, Bob and Sam were able to attend the World Sparkling Wine Championships – Bollecine del Mondo - in Verona. We were delighted to win the Trophy for the Best Sparkling Rosé... more »

January 2011
A third successive arctic winter has again made a challenge of outdoor work. Frozen feet and cold hands make winter pruning a chore, but it has to be done. It’s always tempting to wait until warmer weather, but with 20,000 vines to prune before budburst at the beginning of April it’s a risk we can’t afford to take... more »

Jane Macquitty "Britain's best value sparkler"!
Britain's best value sparkler is the luscious English hedgerow-scented 2007 Camel Valley Cornwall Brut... more »

Fizz from Cornwall is best in the world
If asked to name the world's best sparkling wine, you might have a stab at Bollinger. Or perhaps Pounds 160-a-bottle Cristal champagne, Victoria Beckham's favourite fizz. But movers and shakers will now have to rethink their drinking habits after a tipple from Cornwall was named the world's best sparkling white wine... more »

March 2010 Dispatch
Just as I thought – the weather did stop me going to Verona for the World Sparkling Wine Competition Awards. Snowed in for a week with no oil for heating or cooking, and no prospect of a delivery, the Keat family, to whom we are eternally grateful, very kindly helped us out on the fuel front so at least we could keep warm... more »

Sparkling future for English wine
English wine is going from strength to strength with routine analysis playing an important role in building the quality... more »

January 2010 dispatch
A prolonged wet period in late November and early December made a miserable start to winter pruning this year. Day after day of getting drenched wasn’t pleasant, with fingers soaked and cold from touching the wet vines... more »

Wine Travel guides on Camel Valley
Tourism guide to cornwall and Camel valley in particular.... more »

October 2009 Dispatch
Even St Luke sent his ‘little summer’ early this year, and we were able to start picking the earliest ripening grapes on the 25th September. Now that our vineyard has quadrupled in size since the original plantings we are no longer able to rely on family and friends willing to earn a little extra money grape picking, and this year we engaged agency staff... more »

September 2009 Dispatch
As the Autumn sun sits lower in the sky and shadows lengthen, so the vinegrower’s year draws to a close. The vines are showing little new growth, and the tops and sides have been trimmed to keep the air flowing through the foliage to reduce any risk of disease... more »

GOLD for Camel Valley
Bob Lindo reveals what it feels like to be introduced as a 'Living legend of the british wine industry' and a 'gold streak' for camel valley wines in this years international awards.... more »