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Heppington Vineyard | English Wines

Sparkling

Four years since our first harvest we have our first Classic Cuvée 2018. We used all of our grapes for this one, incl...

Flowers and Vines

Beautiful bank holiday weather showing off our wild flower meadow and burgeoning vines to best advantage.

The darling buds of April

Last year was challenging. Cold spring, miserable summer (the dullest August since 1968), redeemed by a warm autumn. ...

Harvest??

Rescued by some glorious early autumnal sun the crop is finally coming to fruition. First up for harvest will be the ...

Veraison

The warm September days have moved us along and, slowly but surely, veraison  (the colouring of the red grapes) is es...

Grape expectations

There is no doubt that this is proving to be a challenging year. After a cold and then wet spring and stuttering summ...

Chardonnay in the UK 🤘

Chardonnay is a grape that has stood the test of time. From the wood chipped Australian oak bombs of old, to the mine...

Flowering

Slowly but surely and despite a typical English summer the first flowers have emerged. In fact on time -  it's usuall...

Baby grapes

Inflorescence has arrived as the beautiful weather coaxes the vines into producing this year's harvest. Next stage wi...

And they're off...

Just as our 2020 wines are released the 2021 vines are showing the way. After a dry but cold April and a wet and wind...

Compare and Contrast

Our first news post was on 12th April last year and featured vine buds bursting through. This year the chill spring h...

Sap Falling

The pruning is done. The vines are tied down. And, as Spring moves on, the sap is rising, or as shown, falling from t...
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