There may be thousands of types of grapes in the world but there’s only one George Bowden.
George, 75, owns a small vineyard in Leeds, where he likes to work alone in peace and care for his crops across his five and half acres of land. Content with his lot, he refuses to expand it even though customers have begged for more from the award-winning wine-maker, with failed attempts to persuade him into buying twice as much land.
Leventhorpe Vineyard is located in Woodlesford, a south-east suburb of the Leeds district. Leventhorpe, named after local stately home Leventhorpe Hall, “rolls off the tongue” just like a good wine, says George who planted the first seeds in 1985 and owns the land with his wife Janet.
