After a very successful year in 2018 with our Co-operative Wine Scheme, which produced a beautiful Rosé Wine, we are now ready to receive your home-grown grapes again!
As an approximate guide, each kg of grapes brought in will produce 1 bottle of wine, which you will then be able to purchase for £3 (which covers the cost of wine-making and bottling) in 2020!
You can bring your grapes in anytime between 9am – 6pm, 7 days a week up until 31st October 2019. Just pop them into our Winery (not the shop please) and make sure you leave your details, and we will then contact you next year with collection details.
We look forward to seeing you….and your grapes!
How do I know when my grapes are ready to pick
Hi Idris, if your grapes are ripe they will taste fairly sweet (not as sweet as eating grapes though). If they are tart, or acidic to taste, then they are not ready.
Great news!
But my grapes aren’t quite ready yet – swelling nicely, quite sweet but pips are still very pale…I’ve been told they need to be darker as a good sign the grapes are ready for wine.
Hi Rob, that’s not a problem, we are accepting grapes up until the 31st October.
Do all of the grapes have to be red or do you accept part red part green? Assuming the green ones are reasonably sweet.
Hi Jo, We accept both grape types, the wine will be a rose with the variety of grapes we receive.
Do I have to pick my grapes on the day I bring them or can I do it a bit in advance? And are they okay to be a bit wet from rain or not?
Hi Sarah, it would be better to bring them in freshly picked please, but if they are wet from rain, that is absolutely fine!
Hi I’ve just dropped off some more grapes for the communal vat but think I may have for gotten to write down the weight this time – it was 20 kg
Thanks
Linda
Hi Linda, don’t worry about that, your grapes will be weighed in the winery anyway 🙂