Roger Scruton once said that “although wine is not necessary for holiness…holiness is a wonderful addition to wine. The greatest wines grow in sacred places.” Christmastime is a period when wine should flow freely to lubricate the festivities; my concern for the wines I wish to serve to my friends and family is that they belong to the sacred landscape of our ancestors.
Few places in England can boast a sacred history anywhere close to that of the county of Somerset, and in particular its crowning glory, Glastonbury. Not only was it believed to be the burial place of King Edmund and King Arthur, and of the great Saints Patrick, Aristobulus, Bride, Gildas, Columba and David, but relics of Saints Aidan of Lindisfarne, Hilda of Whitby and Bede were also transported there. Finally, it also laid claim to the resting place of the first apostle to this land.
