Vineyards in Britain are set for a better wine harvest than some parts of Europe thanks to the June heatwave here and poor conditions abroad.
Some of the most famous wine-making areas in Europe, including parts of France, Italy and Germany, are facing the smallest crop in decades.
Freak weather is blamed for poor prospects on the Continent after frost in the spring and drought in the summer. Frost also hit grape growers in Devon and Cornwall but better conditions later helped the vines recover.
“We are looking at an above-average crop,” said Sam Lindo of Cornwall’s biggest vineyards, Camel Valley, near Bodmin.
“We thought we had lost about 30 per cent because of the frost but the warm weather in June gave us a