Last week we were lucky enough to have a visit from His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent. We were incredibly excited to have the Duke come to the vineyard, and very much enjoyed sitting with him and relaxing in the sun with "A glass of Albury"!
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| HRH The Duke of Kent with Nick & Alex |
We showed the
Duke and the Lord Lt of Surrey, Michael More
Molyneux, the different varieties of vines and explained how critical the next
few weeks would be with the threat of frost. The Duke was very interested in the ‘boujies’, the candles
that we light throughout the vineyard to lift the temperature above freezing.
The Duke and other guests including Deputy Mayor of Guildford Gordon Jackson and his
wife Sue were invited to taste all of our
wines, as well as the Albury Royal, a cocktail created in honour of the Queen’s
birthday and made from Albury Estate Blanc de Blancs with wild hibiscus flowers
and hibiscus syrup. As the visit was the day
before Her Majesty the Queen’s 90th birthday, we proposed a toast
to Her Majesty!
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| Nick and The Duke proposed a toast to The Queen with the Albury Royal Cocktail |
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| Nick showed The Duke our wines and brandy |
It was a terrific honour to have HRH The Duke of Kent visit Albury Vineyard and it was great to have the opportunity to show him how we grow our organic vines and tell him about our naturally produced, award-winning wines. We are proud to be part of the rapidly expanding English wine industry, and are thrilled that his HRH enjoyed tasting our fine wines from the Surrey Hills.
It was a beautiful sunny day, the neatly pruned vines looked
immaculate, and several guests told us afterwards how the Duke looked happy and relaxed, sitting chatting with the team. A very surreal moment for us!
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| HRH seemed relaxed chatting to Nick, his daughter Lucy, Alex and Mike Florence, our winemaker from Litmus Wines |
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