Avalon
Vineyard
Pennard
Organic Wines
There is an ancient tradition of making wines from a wide variety of fruits, both wild and cultivated. The history of such wines is unrecorded, but they must have originated as fruit-flavoured versions of mead, (known as 'melomels'), since sugar was not available until 200 years ago.
Fruit wines may be looked down upon by serious wine connoisseurs, but to the wine-maker they can be just as challenging and satisfying to make. The crucial secret, as with all wine-making, lies in achieving the right 'balance' of acidity and sweetness, so that the true flavour of the fruit comes through.
Our range of fruit wines depends upon the particular fruits that we have already planted. Depending on variations in crop-size, delays in fermentation and changes in consumer demand, certain wines may become temporarily out of stock. The list on the Order Form should reflect current availability. The list below describes the full range of products:
