This year’s Welsh Vineyard Association’s annual awards, on November 7, will again be held at Llanerch Vineyard in the Vale of Glamorgan, with special guest, Lesley Griffiths AM, Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs. The AM will be accompanied by Dorian Davies, the new Food and Drink representative.

Welsh wine-making has increased 70 per cent over the past decade as production soars to more than 100,000 bottles a year. (Welsh Wine is the Toast of Bordeaux, The Telegraph, May 2016).

“The interest in Welsh wines is growing as the quality improves and production is set to double by 2020,” - Robb Merchant, WVA chairman.

The expert judging panel is comprised of Linda Johnson-Bell, wine judge, author, and founder of The Wine and Climate Change Institute, of Freshwater East and Oxford, Sue Tolson, judge and editor of the popular blog WineSofa.eu, and Dylan Rowlands, Welsh radio and TV personality, co-author and owner of the award-winning wine merchant and bar, Dylanwad. They will be tasting 40 wines from 14 vineyards.

This year’s event will have the added addition of a trade and press tasting in the afternoon.

For more information about the awards or the Welsh Vineyards Association, please contact Robb Merchant at 01873 821443 or at [email protected].