This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.
News
South London gardeners launch wine label
Allotment and garden owners in London have collaborated to release a wine made from grapes grown in the UK capital called Chateau Tooting.
To be launched in London tonight, the wine was made by The Urban Wine Company and was named after the south London district of Tooting.
Despite the haughty-sounding name of the wine, The Urban Wine Company apparently has no aspirations to make a grand cru wine, preferring to ensure the wine “tastes good” above anything else.
The wine was produced by Bookers Vineyard in West Sussex, and its general manager, Sam Linter, said the wine had: “Engaging confected strawberries and cream fruit character, a good length of finish and balanced acidity providing a rounded palate.”
Members from any urban area can join The Urban Wine Company for a subscription of £85 a year. In doing so, they become entitled to contribute to grapes for pressing under The Urban Wine Company’s name and receive a share of the wine produced each year.
The company also provides members with vines for Solaris (white) or Rondo (red) varieties, which are thought to be compatible with grape-growing conditions in the south of the UK.
Chateau Tooting – Furzedown Blush will be launched at Le Gothique restaurant in Wandsworth, south London this evening. For further details, contact lucy@urbanwineco.com
Jane Parkinson, 11.02.10