Giffords Hall Vineyard 
The Giffords Hall vineyard was planted around 25 years ago and the vines are now approaching their prime.
Madeleine Angevine, Bacchus, Reichensteiner, Rondo and Pinot Noir all do well here.
The wines from 2010 have been of exceptional quality. The rosé won the high accolade of best UK Rose and the Waitrose Trophy and the Bacchus in particular had a great year at the Awards.
2011 was a benign and high yielding year and we are very excited about the quality of wines for release this year. The Spring was very hot and dry (drought conditions in East Anglia) followed by a sunny summer and baking hot conditions during harvest. The result was high cropping bunches with smaller berries due to lack of rain – very intense flavours across the varieties and a totally clean crop. We harvested early but still had an extra two weeks to ripen the grapes and achieved high sugars and good average acidity.
The reports from the consultant so far have been very favourable and we look forward to tasting in tank in the next month or two after filtering.
Vineyard Shop
For 2011 we have now opened a vineyard shop and we advertise regular 'cellar door' days. We are open from 11-4 pm on Friday and Saturdays durng the summer months, and again over Christmas.
We have a range of vineyard products in the pipeline including grapeseed oil soaps and bath oil, candles, corkscrews and walking sticks made from antler and vine stems and we also offer fruit wines and liqueurs, beeswax products and greetings cards.
Grape and apple juice from our own vines and trees have proved so popular we have made double quantities for this year.
