The 12 strong team of staff were joined by a whole host of producers who had travelled down to Cornwall to be with us on such a brilliant day, the focus of the tasting was to show the diversity of wines available that use sustainable, biodynamic and organic practices.Richard Addison & Zakkie Bester, CEO of Cape Weaver in South Africa came along and showed their new range of excellent wines from the Cape. David Ferreira from Casal Branco in Portugal jetted in from his whistle stop world tour (literally, I have no idea how he managed it).
William Long owner of Long Wines in Spain braved the British public transport to come along and Tamara Roberts, South Ridge Estate in Sussex took the sensible option and made a long weekend of it and stayed over on Sunday in Cornwall with the family.We were blessed with the weather and, as you looked out across the Eden Project from the Gallery Room, the sun glistened across the tops of the two huge biomes and we were all taken aback by the view.
200 customers joined us on Saturday and many were queuing up some 20 minutes before opening time eager to be the very first through the door. The atmosphere was very relaxed and I’m certain that the majority of people took full advantage of the half-price entry into the Biomes to make a full day of it.Every person I spoke with had a smile on their face when they left the tasting and we were urged to return to Cornwall again next year!
Will
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