LINTON'S Chilford Hall vineyard has scooped six accolades at this year's East Anglian Wine Growers' Association Awards.
The vineyard was presented with the Founder's Trophy, jointly with Sandyford Vineyard, and a silver medal for its Chilford Rosé 2007 at this year's awards.
It also scooped two bronze medals for Chilford Sparkling White 2003 and Chilford Medium Dr
y 2007, as well as two highly-commended awards for Chilford Sparkling Rosé 2003 and Chilford Dry 2007 wines.
Mark Barnes, wine maker at Chilford Hall, said: "We are very pleased to be joint winners of the Founder's Trophy.
"Rosé wines are our speciality and we are looking forward to a good yield in October.
"Chilford's first red wine will be available over the next 12 to 18 months and so we hope to enter our wines in both rosé and red award categories next year."
The ceremony was held at Chilford Hall earlier this month and saw more than 50 regional wines judged on a points system by a panel of five judges. Growers were hit by adverse weather conditions during the year and allowed different grape varieties to shine through because of the lower than expected yield. Winning the Founder's Trophy was particularly special for Chilford Hall as it was commissioned and donated to EAWGA several years ago by Sam Alper, the late owner of Chilford Hall.
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