Calancombe Estate’s English wine & spirits success from scratch

“I can still remember arriving. After winding our way through the lanes, we suddenly found ourselves in this extraordinarily beautiful, peaceful valley. We were immediately captivated by it.” What started out as a bid to break away from the commuter belt and find a new home in the west country has ended up with Lance and Caroline Whitehead starting up and developing a hugely successful wine, cider and spirits business at what is now the Calancombe Estate . Here Lance guides us through what it actually takes to start a wine and spirits business up from scratch.