The best UK vineyards to visit this summer – and what to drink at them

From sparkling whites to award-winning pinot noir, English and Welsh wine is booming – and so is vineyard tourism. Here’s where to sip, stay and stock up

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English wine is flourishing: a combination of a warming climate and favourable tax breaks for investors is leading to a boom in vineyards. It’s winning awards and attracting wine producers from the US and France who are buying up land, while English supermarket bubbly is becoming more affordable.

There’s a range of English and Welsh wine out there, from brioche-scented bubbly to zesty whites and even juicy, berry-fuelled reds. It’s also becoming more widely available, and most of us will have no problem picking up a bottle from the supermarket, a local indie wine merchant or online.