About this episode

Rebecca Pitcairn interviews Neil and Maria Corbould about their new vineyard, The Grape Escape, and their journey into wine production.

Send us Fan Mail Joining me on today’s episode of The English Wine Diaries are Neil and Maria Corbould, owners of The Grape Escape Vineyard – one of the country’s newest and perhaps most unique wine producers. Neil and Maria planted their five-acre boutique vineyard in Chertsey, Surrey, in 2023 and have been busy tending to the vines with their first commercial harvest taking place this year. However, the couple’s day jobs are quite different – often seeing them swap muddy boots a...

People in this episode

Host: Rebecca Pitcairn

Guests: Neil Corbould, Maria Corbould

Topics covered

• wine production
• vineyard management
• entrepreneurship
• agriculture
• local business

Keywords

• English wine
• vineyard
• Chertsey
• Surrey
• wine harvest
• boutique vineyard
• Neil Corbould
• Maria Corbould

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Grape Escape Vineyard

Places: Chertsey, Surrey

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