Devon Wine and Music Festival success

The first ever Devon Wine and Music Festival at the renowned Pebblebed Vineyard at Clyst St George, near Exeter, was a huge success.

Hundreds of people enjoyed the cosy atmosphere of this very special festival – the high quality singers and musicians came from within a five mile radius and the food was local too.

Wine tasting from seven Devon vineyards took place in the barn and the rural idyllic scene was complete with children enjoying the space and freedom to have a straw bale fight, pick blackberries and race around the vineyard fields.

Exeter’s Adam Isaac opened the event and Topsham’s Steve Knightley closed it.

The event raised more than £11,000 for local charity Hospiscare which provides free and specialised nursing to terminally ill people in Exeter, Mid and East Devon. Hospiscare looks after 650 patients and their families at any one time and needs to raise £5 million annually to do this.