Octane Magazine

Spending time in the Garden

couple of squirts of ‘engine start’ to fire up the ’Healey after months of hibernation. This was our first road trip since August 2020; sadly not an adventure to the vineyards of the Champagne region but to the wine-growing parishes of Kent. We had), one of the country’s new wave of boutique wineries that specialise in English sparkling wine and which offers a tour, dining and a taste (alas, not for the designated driver) of its Brut Reserve.

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Octane Magazine

Octane Magazine3 min read
Renaultsport Megane 225/230
DURING THE ERA when Renault and Fernando Alonso were ruling the racetracks in Formula 1, the Renaultsport team building hot hatchbacks in Dieppe was every bit as untouchable. Sure, the Golf GTI was always going to be a better all-rounder than a Megan
Octane Magazine7 min read
RED&GOLD
‘So the guy who’s doing the pin-striping shows up with his box of paints, and a bottle of whiskey. He takes one swig and does a whole stripe in a single pass. Then he goes around and does the other side. I come back a few hours later and he’s passed
Octane Magazine11 min read
Ninth Life
‘THE LAST TIME I saw the car in motion was in Burbank, California, with Jay Leno driving it,’ remembers Ian Callum, designer of the Jaguar C-X75. ‘So for the next time to see one driving, moving around an industrial estate in Warwick, was quite surre

Related Books & Audiobooks