{"title":"English wine maps","description":"\u003cp\u003eVintage maps of the vineyards of England and Wales capture a formative period in British winegrowing. Elisa Trimby’s exuberant 1981 pictorial map records some 300 vineyards in 27 counties, interspersed with landmarks such as the Cerne Abbas giant and Shropshire’s Iron Bridge. Surviving pioneers include Breaky Bottom, Hambledon and Three Choirs, while Tenterden became Chapel Down and Bookers became Bolney. Hugh Johnson’s 1989 map, designed by Geoffrey Bond, includes Nyetimber just a year after its first vines were planted in 1988, and before its inaugural 1992 vintage. Its 250 numbered vineyards, photographs and colourful border of contemporary wine labels evoke an industry still dominated by varieties such as Müller-Thurgau and Reichensteiner, before the later rise of Chardonnay and the Pinot grapes for sparkling wine. Together, the maps combine decorative appeal with an absorbing record of vineyards lost, surviving and just beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"hugh-johnson-s-map-of-the-english-vineyards-inc-nyetimber-breaky-bottom-1989-p-6-112558","title":"Hugh Johnson’s Map of the English Vineyards inc Nyetimber \u0026 Breaky Bottom 1989","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'Hugh Johnson’s Map of the English Vineyards'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHugh Johnson’s large vineyard map captures English wine at a formative moment, with Nyetimber appearing at West Chiltington just as its remarkable story was beginning. Published in 1989, it places this now-celebrated name on the map only about a year after its first vines were planted in 1988, and before its inaugural 1992 vintage. Other newcomers include Wyken in Suffolk and Carden Park in Cheshire, both planted in 1988, alongside established pioneers such as Hambledon and Three Choirs. Its 250 numbered vineyards extend across England and Wales to Jersey, accompanied by photographs and a colourful border of contemporary wine labels. Müller-Thurgau, Reichensteiner and other varieties on those labels evoke a different phase of British winegrowing, before today’s prominence of traditional-method sparkling wine. The road network adds period interest: the M40’s northern extension is outlined rather than shown as a completed through motorway, while the M3 still lacks its southern connection to the M27. The cover credits Geoffrey Bond of the English Vineyards Association with design and text, with additional design and production by E.S.R. Limited. Both a decorative wine map and an evocative record of an industry whose future stars were only beginning to take root.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54274891448667,"sku":"P-6-112558","price":41.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-6-112558a.jpg?v=1791486040"},{"product_id":"a-pictorial-map-of-the-vineyards-of-england-wales-elisa-trimby-for-eva-1981-p-8-007265","title":"A Pictorial Map of the Vineyards of England \u0026 Wales—Elisa Trimby for EVA 1981","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e'A Pictorial Map of the Vineyards of England and Wales'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eElisa Trimby’s exuberant 1981 pictorial map captures the early expansion of the modern English and Welsh wine industry in a lively county-by-county portrait. Some 300 vineyards in 27 counties share the sheet with playful local landmarks: the Cerne Abbas giant, Lincoln Cathedral and Shropshire’s Iron Bridge. Hambledon’s eighteenth-century cricketer ties the pioneering vineyard to the village’s other celebrated tradition. Issued when the English Vineyards Association reported nearly 1,000 acres under vine, it records a landscape dominated by cool-climate varieties such as Müller-Thurgau, Reichensteiner and Seyval Blanc. Most of those vineyards subsequently disappeared, but around twenty identifiable sites or successor estates still make wine, including Hambledon, Biddenden, Breaky Bottom, Three Choirs, New Hall, Stanlake Park, Astley, Renishaw and Adgestone; Tenterden became Chapel Down and Bookers became Bolney. The industry’s later reinvention around Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier transformed this first wave into today’s internationally recognised sparkling-wine sector. Scarce: the only other example we have traced is held in the Berry Bros. \u0026amp; Rudd archive.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54274903277915,"sku":"P-8-007265","price":580.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0923\/9583\/1643\/files\/P-8-007265a.jpg?v=1791486271"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.antiquemapsandprints.com\/collections\/english-wine-maps.oembed","provider":"Antiquemapsandprints.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}