Douglas Blyde spends a day among the vines of Michael Caines' Lympstone Manor in Devon. While there, he enjoys lunch with a number of English wines, including the restaurant's own "impressively dark, rich and savoury" Triassic Pinot Noir.
While British wine was looked down upon by critics for decades, changing acidity levels of soil where grapes grow in the UK means homegrown wine now rivals that of France, Spain and Italy.