Recent Awards

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  Balfour Brut Rosé 2004 wins Gold Award at The International Wine Challenge 2008

  The Panel Chairmen included the best of the best; Masters of Wine, winemakers and experienced wine writers. They supported the 5 Co-Chairmen - Charles Metcalfe, Derek Smedley MW, Sam Harrop MW, Tim Atkin MW and 2008's International Co-Chairman was New Zealand's Bob Campbell MW.

• Balfour Brut Rosé 2005 wins Gold Medal and South East Wine of the Year Trophy 2008

  The 2005 vintage was awarded Gold by the South East Vineyards Association (SEVA).

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  Hush Heath Apple Juice wins the Gold Medal at The National Fruit Show Competition 2006

  The Show took place on 18th & 19th October 2006 at the Kent County Showground, attracting over 200 entries from across the country.

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Press Releases

• The Independent, 1 June 2008: Fizz, bang! Does English bubbly beat Champagne?
  

  Over the past few years, a staple headline in the press has been a variation of "Global Warming Helps English Wine Beat..."

• Imbibe, May/June 08: Bottles of Britain
  

  This top scorer got the panel bringing out the superlatives; ‘Best wine of the day'...

• Property Week, 23 May 2008: Balfour-Lynn sparkles at the International Wine Challenge
  

  Marylebone Warwick Balfour's chief executive, Richard Balfour-Lynn, won a prestigious wine award...

• Drinks Media Wire, 20 May 2008: The International Wine Challenge 2008 Medal Results
  

  This year's single UK Gold goes to Balfour Brut Rosé 2004 the Kent vineyard's sparkling wine...

• Bibendum Wine, 14 March 2008: Balfour Brut 2005 est arrive!
  

  The mighty Balfour Brut Rose caused more than a little stir when it first turned up in Bibendum's portfolio

• MW Dissertation, 11 March 2008: Jancis Robinson compares English Sparkling Wine and Champage
  

  The 35 sparkling wines below were all tasted blind in January of this year as part of...

• Decanter, 10 March 2008: UK sparkling wine cements position as Champagne rival
  

  English sparkling wine has shown that it has the potential to challenge highstreet Champagne...

• Sunday Express, 18 November 2007: The best British wines, beers and whiskies
  

  We Brits used to be a bit embarrassed about our booze…

• Evening Standard, 22 October 2007: Liberty Oyster Bar
  

  Once there was nowhere better for a relaxed meeting place…

• Harper's Wine and Spirit Weekly, 28 September 2007: Tasting panel reviews Balfour Brut Rose 2004
  

  Balfour Brut Rosé Review

• Daily Telegraph, 23 June 2007; All-star line-up for a season of team spirit
  

  Summer in England, whatever the weather, is just so, well, English…

• Independent, 16 June 2007: Grape Britain
  

  Sceptics may still scoff, but English wine is the most fashionable tipple of the summer…

• Financial Times, 26 May 2007: Jancis Robinson recommends Balfour
  

  Wine is a particularly sensitive barometer of climate change…

• 'Imbibe,' March 2007: Square Meal Magazine's new On Trade Magazine
  

  Balfour Brut Rosé Review

• The Times, 23 Feb 2007: Vineyard proves tasty
  

  Richard Balfour-Lynn is best known to the City as a property mogul…

• Profitable apple juice
  

  December 2006 - Profitable apple juice producers press Class I fruit…

• Winemaker with a nose for a fine deal
  

  4th November 2006 - Even the most prolific pastry chef would struggle…

• A Bubbly Personality
  

  15th September 2006 - For the man who masterminded September's £724M takeover…

• English wine sparkles as global climate warms up
  

  15th September 2006 - Global warming has its detractors but English winemakers…

• Luxury, Liberty and the world's finest pink champagne.
  

  10th September 2006 - Bollinger, Krug, Louis Roderer - beware…

• The man who bought De Vere
  

  September 2006 - Beaming and dressed casually in an open-necked shirt…

• A grape way for farmers to turn a profit
  

  4th June 2006 - Kentish champagne was good enough for the Queen on her 80th birthday…

• Break open the Bally
  

  Autumn 2005 - Welcome to the Kent winelands, where entrepreneur Richard Balfour-Lynn is in the process of creating an award-winning…

Richard Balfour-Lynn Biography

Richard Balfour-Lynn - aged 53, Chief Executive and one of the founding shareholders of Marylebone Warwick Balfour Group Plc, a fully listed public property company…

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  Balfour-Lynn sampling his 2004 Vintage Brut.

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  Close up of Balfour Brut Rosé 2004.

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  Hush Heath Cloudy and Clear bottles on the estate.

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  Hush Heath Manor in Spring.

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  The carp pool, with views over Kent.

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  Tasting and testing the 2004 vintage.