We are delighted to announce that Jake, formerly our Assistant Vineyard Manager, has taken over from our longstanding vineyard manager of 17 years, Geoff, who retired in November 2023. Jake spent two years under the skilled tutelage of Geoff and has recently undertaken his viticultural qualifications, where he received excellent results. We are pleased that […]
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It has been a wet and cold start to 2024 for the vineyard here at Danebury. The vines are presently dormant, so all growth above ground has ceased. This dormancy phase helps vines to tolerate cold winter temperature and, because there is no growth, the vine stores it’s energy source in the roots to help […]
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We had a good harvest this year and, as always, we would like to thank our wonderful volunteers for their hard work and stamina over the three pickings. The weather this summer proved challenging for our grapes, but we are happy with the quantity of fruit and the quality of the grapes. We began by […]
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As you may know our single vineyard of seven acres of vines is tended by hand by a team of two, Geoff and his assistant Jake. They are kept very busy during the summer months keeping on top of disease which can be rife in this warm damp weather, keeping the vigorous vine growth under […]
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Come and taste Danebury ‘Cossack’ and over twenty other Hampshire sparkling wines at Fizz Fest 2023 at Hambledon Vineyard Join the Hampshire wine fun Fizz Fest 2023 Hambledon Vineyard, Hambledon, Hampshire, PO7 4RY Sunday 23rd July, 12.00 pm to 4.30 pm Vineyards of Hampshire (VoH) Fizz Fest is in it’s ninth year! Join Hampshire’s ten premier […]
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The wet weather and sunshine, although cool, have been encouraging for the vines. The buds have appeared, lost their hard protection, and are now starting to put on the slightly less protective ‘woolly’ coat, waiting for the warmer weather. As ever we are holding our breath until the potential of early May frosts have passed. […]
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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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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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