Man O’ War recently arrived in Southampton

Man O’ War recently arrived in Southampton and headed up to Stokes Fine Wines (www.stokesfinewines.com) near Andover in Hampshire to present our wines. We met with Tim, Justin and Nick in their office which is a converted barn in the corner of Apsley Estate. Really cool office and even cooler guys. Had a great visit and the wines showed well; so we are hopefully looking forward to Stokes and Man O’ War forging a great and successful partnership in the UK.

Unfortunately I left my pen (a pretty rare Bic!!!) at their offices and Justin emailed me and offered to mail it back to me. Fearing that without appropriate writing instruments all would be lost, we made alternative arrangements…..so today as Man O’ War was flying from Southampton to Dartmouth (where our Grandfather attended the Britannia Royal Naval College in WWI to train for the Royal Navy) via Oxford we dropped in at Lears Farm in Somerset to pick up the aforementioned wayward pen.

Lear Farm Air Traffic Control Director Jack.

Lears Farm is owned by Melody and John, who cut a landing strip in their field for us and had Jack direct us in as Air Traffic Control with great aplomb. The Somerset scenery was magnificent as was the hospitality at Lears Farm. We had a great cuppa and greatly enjoyed shooting the breeze with Justin, Margo, John, Melody and all the kids. Great pit stop… thank you. We are looking forward to heading back to Somerset soon to hang out and share some great wine and food with everyone we met. Cheers, B

Dartmouth with Britannia Royal Naval College in foreground.