Quoins Organic Vineyard Orion 2015

In 2002, Alan Chubb bought a three-acre corner of a large field, near the pretty historic town of Bradford on Avon, where he’d settled with his young family. Until then, he’d worked worldwide, advising others on how to grow tree crops, like coffee or oranges. Now he wanted to get his hands dirty and see if he could succeed in making a living as a small farmer himself, using the organic methods he’d promoted for so long. The English wine renaissance was just starting, but there were still only a handful of organic vineyards. The vision for Quoins Organic Vineyard was born. Their Orion varietal wine is made from a new variety, developed in Germany, especially suited for organic production in northern Europe. This produces a medium-dry white wine, pale gold in colour, with a taste of apricots and apple on the palate.