June Wine JournalOver the last few weeks, the new growth on the vines has continued at a rapid pace. The shoots reaching up and meandering their way towards the top of the trellising wires. A promising amount of inflorescences have been growing, and each day over the last week we’ve taken trips around the vineyard searching and waiting. And today, the first flower! A single little flower on a Pinot Meunier vine.

Now begins the process of each cluster bursting and pollenating, before we get an idea of fruit set, and can begin to forecast our 2025 harvest and start the soft plan of the wines we look to make.

The winery is bracing for a full speed week next week as all of our sparkling wines from the year get bottled. This is always an exciting process as the wines go to bottle with the development of secondary fermentation yet to come. The anticipation of opening those first bottles down the line as they finally reach their finished form is a satisfying moment.

Fizz is the theme of the day, and in celebration of English Wine Week around the corner, we’ve done a little bundle of our current range of sparkling wines with free shipping for you to enjoy in the wall to wall sunshine we’ve been experiencing!

 

Tierney Beames | Wine Manager