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2000s: A vineyard in Derbyshire sounds good in the summer!
A Vintage Summer
What you need to know before your trail
London has not been kind to Lottie Allbright. Realising it’s time to cut and run, she packs up and moves back home – but finds her family in disarray. In need of a new place to stay, Lottie takes up the offer of a live-in job managing a local vineyard. There’s a lot to learn – she didn’t even know grapes could grow so far north!
Butterworth Wines in the rolling Derbyshire hills has always been run on love and passion but a tragic death has left everyone at a loss. Widowed Betsy is trying to keep the place afloat but is harbouring a debilitating secret. Meanwhile her handsome but interfering grandson, Jensen, is trying to convince her to sell up and move into a home.
Lottie’s determined to save Butterworth Wines, but with all this and an unpredictable English summer to deal with, it’ll be a challenge.
And that’s before she discovers something that will turn her summer – and her world – upside down . .
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BookTrail “Butterworth” wineries in and around Derbyshire
ButterWorth wines
Fictional but it sounds lovely! There’s an open day being held at the start of the book and there’s barrels for little tables, bunting across the courtyard, huge pots of fushia and geraniums, trays and trays of polished glasses on loan from the local pub. Even the portaloos are posh ones decorated to look like a row of pastel-painted beach huts.
“Butterworth Wines was far more than just a job for me; it was my home, my haven, and my happy place.”
There are a few wine shops and vineyards around the area of Derbyshire. If you want something to go with it, why not head over to Bakewell, named after the famous cakes and tuck into to one of those as well!?
BookTrail Boarding Pass: A Vintage Summer
Destination: Derbyshire Author/guide: Cathy Bramley Departure Time: 2000s
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