Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: This next story is about an NPR reporter getting to drink some wine - a good job if you can get it, right? But there's a catch. He's at a vineyard in the English West Country, not a place known for its fine wines. But that's changing, reports our Frank Langfitt. (SOUNDBITE OF BOTTLING MACHINE RUNNING) FRANK LANGFITT, BYLINE: A machine slaps labels on bottles of Camel Valley's sparkling wine produced here in Cornwall, about a five-hour drive west of London. Owner Bob Lindo planted his first vines here about three decades ago when English wine was a punchline. BOB LINDO: There was this lovely joke at the time which we used to laugh at. It was, how many people does it take to drink a glass of English wine? The answer is four. One was the victim. Two people to hold him down and another to pour a glass down his throat. LANGFITT: Today, Lindo sells 130,000 bottles a year. To demonstrate how much has changed, he walks me to his
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