Fiona Shiner admits that eyebrows were raised when she planted Sauvignon Blanc vines, usually associated with places like the Loire Valley, New Zealand and Chile, on a steep, exposed hillside in the Cotswolds.
But her Woodchester Valley vineyard near Stroud is the toast of the wine world after its 2021 vintage was judged one of the best Sauvignon Blancs in the world at a prestigious blind-tasting.
