About this episode

Rebecca Pitcairn interviews Lucy Alford about her family's vineyard, The Dell, and their journey into wine production.

Send us Fan Mail Joining me on today’s episode of the English Wine Diaries is Lucy Alford, from The Dell vineyard, in Monmouthshire. Lucy and her husband, Dan, planted 5,000 Pinot Noir and Solaris vines on their family farm between the Usk and Wye Valleys in 2022, and have recently added a further two acres of Cabaret Noir, Pinot Meunier and Souvignier Gris. Their dream of owning a vineyard started some 10 years earlier when, after getting married, they spent six-month traveling a...

People in this episode

Host: Rebecca Pitcairn

Guest: Lucy Alford

Topics covered

• vineyard
• wine production
• Pinot Noir
• family business
• agriculture

Keywords

• English wine
• vineyard
• Pinot Noir
• Monmouthshire
• agriculture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Dell Vineyard

Places: Monmouthshire, Usk and Wye Valleys

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