Communication, Creation, and Trust
With extensive knowledge and experience in contract winemaking we will be your guide from pre-harvest advice to the finished wine. We have the ability to create a bespoke product with your own grapes, or alternatively with grapes grown on our 25 acre vineyard, in a 275,000 litre capacity winery: we have the versatility to process a volume to suit your requirements.
If you are contemplating a quality red, a sparkling white, or something more ‘alternative’ in terms of product, we are able to produce to your requirements. We would be delighted to help you develop a bespoke production service tailored to your taste.
It's never too early to choose your winemaking partners. Whether you are yet to plant a vineyard, planning the first harvest, or looking for a fresh start — as an expanding enterprise, we invite you to connect with us.
Conversation, Vats and Juice!
- Initial consultation – come in and meet our Head Wine Maker, Laurence. We have the ability to produce a bespoke wine with an individual production protocol.
- Post Harvest the grapes will be destemmed (if required) and or crushed on arrival.
- The grapes will be pressed with one of our two pneumatic pressers – we have the capacity to press from 1-70 plus tonnes!
- The juice will be analysed in our lab for acids and sugars.
- Once testing is completed, the juice will be sent to vat for fermentation, a process which takes approximately a month, during which time the wine is closely monitored and readings recorded.
- On completion of the fermentation process, the wine will be filtered, using a number of different methods including RDV, cross flow, cartridge and plate filtration.
- Invitation will be sent, for you to come in and taste your wine, to suit your taste.
- To create a sparkling wine we use the traditional method, a semi-automatic disgorging line and a gyro pallet for riddling.
- Your product will be bottled, labelled (if required) and stored in our fully insulated premises for maturation.
- Finally, your product will be dispatched and is ready to enjoy!
We would love to hear from you. As a united team, we pride ourselves on our personable experience and passionately believe in creating a quality product for our customers.
Call us on 01531 637119 or contact us by email Tracy.cale@haygrove.co.uk