A Year In An English Vineyard

Andrew Jefford begins a five-part seasonal portrait of one of England's leading vineyards.Peter Hall and his merry band of volunteers pick up the last harvest of the millennium and look at what the coming year might bring.

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The 99 Harvest

20010212

Winter Pruning

20010213

It is deep winter. Peter Hall is weeks behind in tending to his 10,000 vines, and the wine pressed from the last harvest desperately needs attention.

The Rites Of Spring

20010214

Peter Hall is pruning, repairing his posts and trellises and battling with a plague of rabbits, during one of the wettest Aprils on record.

Summer Bottling

20010215

Jefford returns to Breaky Bottom to see how well the flowering of the vines has gone and whether Peter Hall has found the money to bottle last year's sparkling wine.

05 LAST

Harvests And Floods

20010216

In this final programme, he finds Peter Hall struggling with the disastrous consequences of the autumn rains and changed farming practices on the land around him.

Episodes

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Comments
01	The 99 Harvest	20010212	Andrew Jefford begins a five-part seasonal portrait of one of England's leading vineyards.Peter Hall and his merry band of volunteers pick up the last harvest of the millennium and look at what the coming year might bring.
02	Winter Pruning	20010213	It is deep winter. Peter Hall is weeks behind in tending to his 10,000 vines, and the wine pressed from the last harvest desperately needs attention.
03	The Rites Of Spring	20010214	Peter Hall is pruning, repairing his posts and trellises and battling with a plague of rabbits, during one of the wettest Aprils on record.
04	Summer Bottling	20010215	Jefford returns to Breaky Bottom to see how well the flowering of the vines has gone and whether Peter Hall has found the money to bottle last year's sparkling wine.
05 LAST	Harvests And Floods	20010216	In this final programme, he finds Peter Hall struggling with the disastrous consequences of the autumn rains and changed farming practices on the land around him.