17/06/2026
Well, what a June we’re having! Two of our wines went off to the Independent English Wine Awards, all judged completely blind, and both came home with medals.
Our Bacchus Fumé 2023 took a Gold. One of the judges said they’d happily taste it blind against the best Fumé Blanc from California and white Bordeaux, and described it as a world-class example of the grape. We’ve had a quiet soft spot for that wine for years, so reading that back was a strange and rather lovely thing.
Our Orange Wine 2024 picked up a Bronze. It’s the first orange wine we’ve ever made, a proper experiment, and to have it hold its own alongside established styles means the world to us.
The timing’s no accident, either. Next Saturday the 20th we celebrate ten years of the vineyard, and both of these will be on the table among the 70 wines we’re opening from the library. And the day before, we’ve got the world’s wine press coming by for a special tasting, some old friends and some new ones, which we’re properly excited about.
So, two things in our bio if you fancy it: book your tickets for the ten year party, and take home a bottle of the Gold-winning Bacchus or the Orange while we’ve still got them. Link’s up top.
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