Tune in on the 11th September to see 3 short new plays by Nicolas Ridley, performed by me, Calum Wragg-Smith, Sarah Lawrie, Sophie Morris-Sheppard Stephen Omer, Samantha Parry and Alexander Jonas, directed by @AShrubsall. Tickets for sale now! openealing.com/love-screens/

Daisy: "That was where it happened. Such a strange incident. Quite bizarre." Trees of Nature by Nicolas Ridley Part of Love Screens - 3 pre-recorded short new plays presented by OPEN Ealing 11th September 7:30pm Buy your ticket here: openealing.com/love-screens/

Tastings with Charles Palmer are always delightful.

Great British Wine Gusbourne Hoffmann & Rathbone Woodchester Valley jeremy mount Charlie Holland grapebritannia Wines of Great Britain @lisawinetravel @WineMan147 Hawkins Bros. Simon Scutts Susy Atkins You must get Charles Palmer PN ‘18 & @abecketts ‘18 to add to that line-up. Both very different but remarkable wines. The Charles P is especially interesting: silky tannins & layered rich black fruit threaded with red fruit. Exceptional. I’ve just restocked up my private cellar!

This looks promising! Whilst clearly not the answer to Covid, as they say every little helps, and its enjoyable to boot !

We've been busy updating our website and guess what? We've gone over 250 visitor-friendly UK vineyards for the first time. How near is your closest cellar door? winecellardoor.co.uk/directory/map/

Crisp day out on the hill Charles Palmer

Today, we’re sharing great wines to sample in South East England. Charles Palmer Pinot Noir 2019 is a light-bodied but deeply flavoured Pinot Noir, with aromas of ripe red fruits. Learn more here: orlo.uk/Zsug0

Congratulations to Margaret, winner of our Last of the Summer Wines prize draw! Margaret will be sharing her local wines with the girls at children's cancer charity My Shining Star Children’s Cancer Charity 🌟. Biddenden Vineyards, Chapel Down, Charles Palmer, Gusbourne, Simpsons Wine Estate Tillingham

Fascinating visit to Charles Palmer prestigious wine estate. Saw an automated grape picker, given a briefing on the method of growing grapes, followed by an informative, educational, & enlightening wine tasting. Looking forward to enjoying the wine we purchased. #ChapmanJS

Flowering is progressing well in our 777 and the weather looks set fair for the week ahead. Just what’s needed!

We move on to Charles Palmer in the town of Winchelsea, who aim to create high standard sparkling wine. Being just a mile from the sea provides a good climate due to the higher evening Temperatures, which means less risk of frost. Learn more here: orlo.uk/124Ev

Instalment 2 of revisiting the 2018s at 5years: it’s @CharlesPalmer_2018 Pinot Noir. This was amazing on release… it’s mind blowing now! Beautiful structure, velvety body, perfect tannins, laced with rich black cherries, a hint of marzipan, wild English strawberries with a… 1/2

gentle mushroom earthiness. It’s still fresh, still developing greatness. This reminded me more of a great NZ or Californian Pinot, in fact it reminded me of a memorable one by Robert Mondavi I had some years ago. This really is something to behold. It’ll astonish in 2028. 2/2

Our Burgundy Clone 777 Pinot Noir has started to ripen! Looking forward to some settled weather in the run up to harvest!🤞🤞

Food security could be a major issue for all those countries that import food. Pretty scary if this is true it may wake our politicians up to how important U.K. farmers are! ⁦Charlie Flindt⁩ linkedin.com/feed/update/ur… ⁦

Harvest 2023 roundup. 1 Pellenc Grapes Line 80 harvester, 3 people, 8 days, to harvest 251 tonnes of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grapes to make 200,000 bottles of wine. Phew!!

Our Chardonnay growing on well thanks to the clouds and rain. This has been the saviour so far this year, acting like a warm blanket it has kept the frost away from delicate buds and shoots that are ahead of normal.