He reckons some of both the Og and Kennet was canalised at some time.
Hendred Vineyard is on the sloping ground to the west of the village of East Hendred, one of the spring line villages that sit just below the Downs in the Vale of the White Horse, Oxfordshire, England.
Originally planted in 1972 and now covers two acres consisting of Pinot Noir and Seyval Blanc varieties. Award winning still and sparkling wines have been produced from grapes grown at Hendred Vineyard. The vineyard was taken over by David and Eileen Bell in 2014. Their first rosé was produced in 2015 and a sparkling wine is anticipated to be ready in late 2016. The vineyard shop is expected to open in 2017.
research has identified the remains of seven Romano-British vineyards - four in Northamptonshire, one in Cambridgeshire, one in Lincolnshire and one in Buckinghamshire ... The identification of seven vineyards, before the search has even begun in earnest, suggests that up to 250 square miles of Roman Britain were involved in grape and wine production.
Mr Meadows said: "Our research may yet reveal that Britain was a major wine producer in ancient times.".
Mick Harper wrote:These are all excellently ingenious rationales but, since they apply more or less everywhere, don't come close to explaining the distribution of (classical) chalk streams.
In the eastern U.S. (particularly Pennsylvania) there is a lot of limestone -- entire big valleys lined with the stuff. Limestone is a bit porous, so it's often riddled with springs, which seep up and form streams. These streams erode streambeds in the limestone. Doesn't sound like anything special, and as you can see from the above answer, you can work this out with a dictionary and common sense. However, limestone streams in the U.S. are kinda special. First of all, because they are mostly springfed, their temperatures are not as extreme as streams fed only by snow and rain. So, they're slightly warmer in winter and slightly cooler in summer (compared to ordinary streams fed by runoff). This is good for fish -- fewer extremes means better habitat. Also, the water picks up alkaloids from the limestone and is therefore less acidic than the water in other streams. This results in better aquatic vegetation and better aquatic insects, which leads to... you guessed it: more, bigger trout. Limestone streams often have substrates that change little and remain stable over time, too, making them great for wading -- limestone streams are great habitat for trout and anglers, alike, you might say.
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