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After a short time working in wildlife television then as a gardener Ingrid Bates followed her dream of becoming a viticulturist. First she worked in an established vineyard before setting up her own on rented farmland outside of Bristol. Dunleavy Vineyards produces several different types of grapes which are made into red, rose and white wines. Ingrid enjoys the special sense of place she derives from being out in the rows of vines in all weathers all year round. Often when she's working alone apart from the planes taking off from nearby Bristol Airport the only sounds she hears are birdsong and the neighbouring farmer calling his sheep. Ingrid wanted to incorporate this sense of place into the wines so has developed a barcode on the bottles which takes listeners to the sounds of the vineyard in all seasons. Sybil Ruscoe visits Ingrid at her vineyard on a hot summer day and walks along the vines with Ingrid and meets Marshall the farmer and her friend Peter who helped with bird identification.

Producer: Maggie Ayre for 麻豆社 Audio Bristol