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Bristol’s backyard vineyards: foot-stomping grapes in the garden

A small group of Bristol winemakers are harvesting vines from their allotments and garden terraces, part of a growing global movement of passionate urban vintnersEvery 20 minutes or so an ageing diesel train pulls into a graffiti-covered station. Nearby, a police siren pierces the near-constant traffic drone. Commuters hurry past collapsing, ivy-draped fencing panels as rain clouds gather.This is perhaps the last place you expect to find a perfectly formed vineyard. But James Bayliss-Smith has managed to cultivate 40 mature vines sagging with plump mauve grapes on a rambling allotment sandwiched between a row of 1930s houses and a local rail line just north of Bristol town centre. Continue reading...

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