'I run a hidden gem West Midlands vineyard with my husband - we didn't know much about wine making at first, now we produce more then 30,000 bottles a year'

It's a vineyard set deep in the heart of the South Staffordshire countryside which has been making waves in the English wine industry through hard work, the right type of soil and a desire to create something unique and tasty.

Since planting the first set of vines in 2018, the vineyard on the outskirts of Pattingham has grown in size and stature, with its original four acres becoming 12 in quick order as demand increased.

Pattingham Vineyard started in 2016 when Martin and Jane Wilcox had the opportunity to buy 36 acres of land next to their home and, after taking time to think about what to do with it, decided to start a vineyard.

Ms Wilcox said that while she and her husband didn't know much about winemaking, they enjoyed the taste of wine and decided to give it a go, with the first harvest being pulled in in 2021.

Now, working alongside their daughter Steph, the family-run business has become an enterprise which produces close to 30,000 bottles a year across four vineyards and producing six different wines, including two reds, a white, a Rosé and two sparkling wines in white and Rosé.

Steph said that getting the name out to the community of the vineyard had been the challenge, but said the quality of the wine, with the first being the Nurton Brook white made from the Solaris grape, had definitely helped.

She said: "Once the first harvest came in in 2021, it went into tank and, after that, it was ready in May the next year, so we started selling our first wine from our first vintage in the spring of 2022, which was when we released our Solaris white wine.