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Dragon contemplates joining the harvesters

August 26, 2010 admin No comments

Come on down – the grapes are fine

Diary commitments permitting, Dragons’ Den entrepreneur Duncan Bannatyne will be rolling up his sleeves for a spot of harvesting with one of his latest investments, Pebblebed Wines, this Autumn.

Bannatyne invested £60,000 in return for a 40% stake in Pebblebed’s future growth plans during the last run of the popular BBC series. “Pebblebed is a flourishing business,” he told DrinkBritain.com “and the wines are great. We have already trialled them at our Somerset Hotel [the recently purchased Charlton House in nearby Shepton Mallet] where they have been well received.” continue reading…

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Pebblebed partnership proposal secures Dragon funding

July 19, 2010 admin No comments

Sparkling success: Pebblebed wins Dragon's backing

Within 12 hours of Geoff Bowen’s appearance on BBC’s Dragon’s Den, he had received 100 requests for more information – not something you’d normally expect from an English vigneron in the rural Devon town of Topsham.

But then there’s nothing that “normal” about the way Bowen runs his business. To begin with, rather than ending up in hock to the bank, he persuaded 20 other families to get involved with his initial Pebblebed vineyard purchase. Currently he has 22 acres spread over three sites.

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