Contract Winemaking

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!

Green grapes
  • 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