Why did we plant a vineyard? It’s a good question, and one we often ask ourselves! The vineyard was planted in the spring of 2023 on 8.5 hectares (about 20 acres) of land that we own in Newick. We have lived at Ketches in Newick since 2007 (and lived in The Twitten House next door from 2000 until we moved into Ketches). The Ketches land was let for a peppercorn rent to a local farmer