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Wine Makers Association The northern winemakers are represented by the MERCIAN VINEYARDS ASSOCIATION. This is open to producers and enthusiasts from all the midlands and northern counties of England, as well as those in Scotland, North Wales and Northern Ireland. Full details are available on the association's web site.

The quality of Mercia

The ancient kingdom of Mercia stretched from the Welsh border (where Offa's Dyke was built as a boundary marker), to Northumbria in the north. Stretching a point, it includes Leeds and Northamptonshire.
The commercial vineyards are in very sheltered warm locations (although anyone standing in Eglantine vineyard with a howling gale blowing straight in from Siberia would'nt think so !) Many have their own wineries.
Currently the most northerly COMMERCIAL vineyard is Leventhorpe at Leeds, though by 2009, Yorkshire Heart and Ryedale should be producing wines.