{"title":"Midland Press","description":"\u003cp\u003eMidland Press is Birmingham’s pioneering urban winery, turning carefully sourced English grapes into characterful, small‑batch wines made right in the heart of the city. Working with growers across the Midlands and beyond, they ferment, age, and bottle everything on site, bringing a modern, craft‑driven approach to winemaking that feels unmistakably local. Expect bright, expressive styles, minimal‑intervention techniques, and a focus on purity, texture, and freshness. Their wines capture the energy of Birmingham’s independent scene—creative, quality‑led, and proudly regional.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"midland-press-outer-city-limits-orange-2025-75cl","title":"Midland Press Outer City Limits Orange \/ 2025 \/ 75cl","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to Outer City Limits, the 2025 vintage releases celebrating exceptional local fruit crafted into super-fresh, steel-aged styles. The curated trio—featuring a red, a rosé, and this standout orange—comes from what is already being hailed as perhaps the greatest English wine vintage of all time. As the orange expression of the series, this bottle is a definitive showcase of just how vibrant, complex, and stunningly aromatic the style can be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade from 100% Muscaris grapes sourced from a single vineyard in north Herefordshire, the fruit underwent four weeks of cool carbonic maceration to lock in its bright profile and maximize its intense aromatic potential. Following five months of aging in steel vats, it was bottled on the premises completely unfiltered and unfined to preserve its raw energy and purity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Taste\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLively, characterful, and intensely aromatic. This wine leaps out of the glass with vibrant notes of juicy peach and zingy ginger, beautifully balanced by a sophisticated, structured finish of Earl Grey tea. It’s fresh, clean, and incredibly expressive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.midlandpress.co.uk\/\" title=\"Midland Press\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eMidland Press\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Midland Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57780059570558,"sku":"13448","price":26.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0553\/1048\/3591\/files\/13448.jpg?v=1785605665"},{"product_id":"midland-press-outer-city-limits","title":"Midland Press Outer City Limits Red \/ 2025 \/ 75cl","description":"\u003cp\u003eIs it a rose or is it a red? Who knows, and ultimately who cares.  What really matters is how tasty this is, and how easily it slips down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo what do you need to know? Chill, open, enjoy!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOK, if you insist on more detail - \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUsing grapes from a single vineyard in North Worcestershire, this is the second vintage of Midland Press's most recognisable wines. It is a limited run of just under 1,700 bottles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe hot growing season of 2025 yielded a beautiful boost in intensity and depth, while perfectly preserving the wine’s signature ultra-light character. The result is a vibrant, bone-dry red bursting with poppy notes of wild strawberry and raspberry, balanced by a deeper herbal and earthy edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor this release, the 100% Pinot Noir (early clone) underwent carbonic maceration for three weeks at a cool, constant temperature inside our viaduct arch, before being aged for five months in stainless steel vats. To preserve its natural character, the wine was bottled on-site, unfined and unfiltered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.midlandpress.co.uk\" title=\"Midland Press\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eMidland Press\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Midland Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57780060127614,"sku":"12676","price":26.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0553\/1048\/3591\/files\/12676.jpg?v=1785605668"},{"product_id":"midland-press-silent-crowd-2024-75cl","title":"Midland Press Silent Crowd \/ 2024 \/ 75cl","description":"\u003cp\u003eFermented with indigenous yeasts from the vineyard, this light\/medium body red brings unique lavender and dried flower aromas along with a big hit of red cherry and cranberry. It has a silky smooth texture—achieved thanks to cool maceration temperatures and 10 months in used French oak—and finishes with a lovely fresh flourish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe grapes are sourced from the parcel of vines next to those that go into the Outer City Limits Red wine, all located in North Worcestershire and made of the same Pinot Noir (Précoce) grape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs is their standard, this wine was bottled on-site unfined and unfiltered. Raw and ready to enjoy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.midlandpress.co.uk\/\" title=\"Midland Press\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eMidland Press\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Midland Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57780061372798,"sku":"13449","price":26.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0553\/1048\/3591\/files\/13449.jpg?v=1785605670"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0553\/1048\/3591\/collections\/Midland_Press.jpg?v=1785767349","url":"https:\/\/vineandbine.co.uk\/collections\/midland-press.oembed","provider":"Vine \u0026 Bine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}