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Extract from 'Where is the Smallest Vineyard in the World?'
"The title of Smallest Vineyard in the World was bestowed to the couple who have established a two grapevine enterprise in their kitchen garden by The Food Standards Agency (FSA), officially designated as UK’s vineyard number 9321.
The world record for the smallest vineyard was previously held by none other than the Dali Lama, who has a three grapevine commercial winery in the Swiss mountainous Valais region called Les Amis de Farinet made from Pinot Noir and Chasselas grapes.
This World’s Smallest Vineyard came about because of a gift. The couple were apparently given three Chardonnay vines as a house warming present, but only one survived. Corina then gave her husband Dominic a Pinot Noir Burgundy clone, and with help they have been able to produce a dozen bottles, some of which will be sold."
"The title of Smallest Vineyard in the World was bestowed to the couple who have established a two grapevine enterprise in their kitchen garden by The Food Standards Agency (FSA), officially designated as UK’s vineyard number 9321.
The world record for the smallest vineyard was previously held by none other than the Dali Lama, who has a three grapevine commercial winery in the Swiss mountainous Valais region called Les Amis de Farinet made from Pinot Noir and Chasselas grapes.
This World’s Smallest Vineyard came about because of a gift. The couple were apparently given three Chardonnay vines as a house warming present, but only one survived. Corina then gave her husband Dominic a Pinot Noir Burgundy clone, and with help they have been able to produce a dozen bottles, some of which will be sold."
Dominic's Wine Biography
Dominic Buckwell is a Barrister (1993) specialising in Shipping and International Trade, serving as General Counsel for www.seacoglobal.com since 2006. More recently he became a wine expert, involved in promotional organisations, tastings and Wine Law. He has the world’s smallest registered vineyard within the grounds of his home in Sussex.
Born and bred in Sussex, it was the expanding interest in English Wine around the area that piqued his curiosity, which led to his becoming involved with WineGB in 2015 as a legal expert and a non-executive director. He qualified as a Certified Sommelier in 2016, becoming a wine judge for the International Wine Challenge, a member of the International Wine Law Association and the Circle of Wine Writers. He is a life member of 67 Pall Mall and founder member of the the Arena Global Institute of Fine Wine.
After completing a Diploma in Wine in 2023 he co-founded Liberation Tardive - an organisation promoting appropriate aging of fine wine - which held its inaugural tasting in 2024 at 67 Pall Mall.
Dominic is the wine correspondent for the Review of Sussex Arts www.rosamagazine.co.uk, presents at wine tastings (www.sommdom.com), serves on the wine committee for Skinners Livery Company and acts as Legal Expert for the UK government (www.defra.gov.uk) to the OIV (www.oivt.int)
Born and bred in Sussex, it was the expanding interest in English Wine around the area that piqued his curiosity, which led to his becoming involved with WineGB in 2015 as a legal expert and a non-executive director. He qualified as a Certified Sommelier in 2016, becoming a wine judge for the International Wine Challenge, a member of the International Wine Law Association and the Circle of Wine Writers. He is a life member of 67 Pall Mall and founder member of the the Arena Global Institute of Fine Wine.
After completing a Diploma in Wine in 2023 he co-founded Liberation Tardive - an organisation promoting appropriate aging of fine wine - which held its inaugural tasting in 2024 at 67 Pall Mall.
Dominic is the wine correspondent for the Review of Sussex Arts www.rosamagazine.co.uk, presents at wine tastings (www.sommdom.com), serves on the wine committee for Skinners Livery Company and acts as Legal Expert for the UK government (www.defra.gov.uk) to the OIV (www.oivt.int)