Originally established in 1972 with 3 acres of Müller-Thurgau, the vineyard has now expanded to 23 acres on south and south-western facing slopes on a sandstone and clay soil. A brand-new 400 square metre winery has just been built with state-of-the-art equipment including specialist red wine fermenters to ensure consistent exposure of the fermenting juice to the grape skins.
Grape Varieties:
White: Müller-Thurgau, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Wurzer, Schönburger
Red: Rondo, Pinot Noir, Dornfelder
Wines:
Still Dry White
Still Red
Sparkling white and rosé
Visitors' Facilities:
The vineyard is open from 10.00am to 5.00pm from Monday to Saturday with tea/coffee and wine tastings and sales available in the wine shop. Pre-arranged group tours are welcome. Conference and function rooms are also available for up to 80 people.
Sales:
Mainly through the web-site or the vineyard shop. Please see the web site for details of other stockists and mail-order.
Directions:
10 miles south of Crawley on the A23. Turn of the Bolney flyover junction where A23 crosses the A272. Take the A272 west and Foxhole Lane is the second turning on the right and the vineyard further up on the left hand side. The vineyard is signed from the road. |