The vineyard has experienced a good period of vernalisation, a long cold spell of weather that helps eliminate any lingering spores of disease and ensures dormancy of the vine to enable good flowering in the Spring. We have had many below freezing temperatures during January and early February, with cold dry sunny days, which also […]
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Wishing you all a very Happy 2023! All is quiet in the vineyard at the moment and the vines are fully dormant, having benefitted from the cold snap before Christmas. Our 2022 vintage is in tank and doing well at the winery. We will be issuing our new events calendar in February, so if you […]
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The harvest finished early this year and we would like to thank our wonderful volunteers for their hard work and stamina over the three pickings. The weather leading up to harvest proved challenging for our grapes, but we are very pleased with the quality, as is our wine maker. We began by harvesting our early […]
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We delighted to announce our Open Days! As you may know Danebury Vineyards is a small estate that is not open to the public, but for Summer 2022 we have organised a series of dates for afternoon tours and tastings. The visits are on Thursdays from 1:45 pm 4:00 pm Thursday 26th May Thursday 28th July Thursday […]
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Our 7 acres of vines are now slowly turning to bud burst, this means the fragile green leaves are gradually emerging from their brittle brown bud covering and unfurling in the Spring sunshine. This can be a nervous time for our vineyard manager and his assistant, as late Spring frosts can be damaging to the […]
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The iconic Vineyards of Hampshire Fizz Fest is back! Join Danebury and the eight other member vineyards for the finest celebration of English Sparkling Wine. Sunday 24th July 2022 At Black Chalk Vineyard between Stockbridge and Andover SP11 7JX 12:00 – 4:30 £25 Book here https://bit.ly/34uzB8I Sparkling Wine Tasting Marquee * Fizz Bar * Hampshire fare food […]
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Very best wishes from all at Danebury Vineyards for 2022. Here at the vineyards we will soon start pruning the vines and are looking forward to the spring. If you are interested in attending one of our open days this Spring/Summer 2022, please sign up to our monthly newsletter, which will keep you informed.
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The Danebury Vineyards office will be closing for Christmas on Thursday 23rd December 2021 and will re-open again on Tuesday 4th January 2022. In order to receive your orders, please ensure that they are completed by midday on Monday 20th December 2021.
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After a challenging growing season, we are delighted that the Danebury 2021 harvest has been a success, with a good yield and lovely quality of fruit. We are very fortunate to have a dedicated team of volunteers that help us, year in and year out, who were joined this autumn by quite a few new […]
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Thu, 16 December 2021 Two sessions 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm 8:30 pm – 10:30 pm Location ‘School’, Winchester College Porters Lodge College Street Winchester SO23 9NA After a ‘slight’ interruption due to the pandemic, the fantastic Fairy Lights & Fizz is back! The nine vineyards that make up The Vineyards of Hampshire:- Black Chalk, […]
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