Harvesting: We chose the driest day!
That's it all over for the year with the Orion variety now harvested. Both the Rondo red and the Orion yields are both down by 40% due to...
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Aug 221 min read
Visits to the vines
We have had a lot of parties and hen do's this summer. Its all the rage now with vineyards up and down the country wanting to show off...
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Feb 281 min read
New home for the birds
I downloaded a plan to construct a new owl box from the internet after the last one got blown down. I had help putting this one up with a...
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Nov 30, 20231 min read
what are you doing for the Hen Party
All your friends and the office staff are thinking what happens after Christmas and New Year with nothing to look forward to. So cheer up...
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Oct 15, 20231 min read
Is it all over again
The harvest will be all over on Tuesday 17th Oct which is the latest its ever been. Its a nightmare coordinating pickers grape...
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Jul 26, 20231 min read
All agog
We had another successful hen party. They even brought their own picnic and then were all agog to listen to my explanation on organic...
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Jun 29, 20231 min read
Quoins have done it again
Yes, again Quoins Organic Vineyard Rose has won a bronze award from the world acclaimed Decanter competition. Assuredly the world’s...
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Jan 23, 20231 min read
Pruning time
I start pruning after Christmas and finish before the end of March. The important thing is to finish while the vines are still dormant....
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Sep 27, 20221 min read
Quoins at London Fair
In order to promote our new vintages and to allow comparisons with other UK produced wines we attended the recent UK London Wine Trade...
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Jul 16, 20221 min read
New 2021 vintages and awards
You will have to act fast. The 2020 Rose won a Decanter International Wine Award this summer. It is made from the Rondo black grapes, but...
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May 15, 20221 min read
Sales go crazy
After the restricted sales over the covid period and the demand for organic wine our sales have rocketed. So much so that we are now out...
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Jan 30, 20221 min read
"Wildlife" enjoy the grass
Even during the winter the grass is important for some. We regularly have three deer wandering through on the way to the pond. We also...
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Dec 13, 20211 min read
Something to go with that Turkey
Now is time to get your menus organised. The food is the easy thing but when you walk down those supermarket aisles wondering what wine...
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Nov 18, 20211 min read
Lots of bronze
What a boost. Quoins vineyard won 3 bronze awards at the recent Wessex Wine competition which was held at Forest Edge Vineyard on Tuesday...
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Oct 19, 20211 min read
bumper harvest finished
A bumper quality rondo harvest is finished just before the bad weather came in. The equivalent of 5.8t/ha !!!. This will go for making...
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Sep 27, 20211 min read
Harvest between the downpours
It's that time again. We harvested the Madeleine angevine yesterday which had a very poor crop and so we sold it to Off Beat Wines based...
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Aug 10, 20211 min read
Now is the time for a party
It was a friend's 70th birthday party last weekend and it barely rained. That's me second from the left. This is what the vineyard was...
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Jul 12, 20211 min read
The new 2020 vintage wines are now available
The 2020 vintage Orion and Quoins Rose organic and biodynamic wines have been made by Litmus Wineries who make the internationally...
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Mar 3, 20211 min read
Tours are off for now
I'm sorry to announce that we have decided to delay the running of tours and tastings at the vineyard for now because of the covid 19...
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Jan 14, 20211 min read
Summer is coming!!!
The days are drawing out and vaccines are on the horizon. We have decided that we will be doing tours for hen parties, office outings and...
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