Episode 114 – Mark Sainsbury, Candover Brook Vineyard

Send us Fan MailJoining me on today’s episode of The English Wine Diaries is Mark Sainsbury founder of Candover Valley Wines. Mark has enjoyed a 25-year hospitality career, opening some of London’s most successful venues including Moro Restaurant, Zetter Hotel & Townhouses and the Grain Store. In 2011 he co-founded the Sustainable Restaurant Association, whose Food Made Good standard operates in 48 countries helping to shape sustainable food service globally.A year later, in partnership with his brother, Julian, and father, the late John Sainsbury, who was responsible for overseeing the rise of J Sainsbury to become the largest supermarket in Britain, they planted five hectares of vines on their family’s estate in Preston Candover, in Hampshire. The vineyard is named after the chalk stream that runs through the Candover Valley, which is one of the few remaining habitats of the rare English white-clawed crayfish and the vineyard supports the conservation work by the Hampshire and Isle of White Wildlife Trust in protecting these creatures. To find out more about Candover Brook visit candoverbrook.co.uk and follow @candoverbrook on Instagram. Thanks to English Wine Diaries series sponsor Rankin Bros & Sons — trusted suppliers of corks, closures, and packaging solutions to the UK wine industry since 1774. To learn more about how Rankin is supporting the future of British wine, visit rankincork.co.uk. Thanks for listening to The English Wine Diaries. If you enjoyed the podcast then please leave a rating or review, it helps boost our ratings and makes it easier for other people to find us. To find out who will be joining me next on the English Wine Diaries, follow @theenglishwinediaries on Instagram and for more regular English wine news and reviews, sign up to our newsletter at englishwinediaries.com.