Dear Friends As you have heard Wales will go into a short, sharp national lock down from Friday 23rd October until 9th November 2020 and White Castle Vineyard will remain closed for the duration in line with the governments policy in managing Covid-19 Robb and I would like to Thank you all for your continued
Read moreHarvest 2020
Is it that time of year already I ask? We shall remember this year for so many reasons and in particular for us a late frost first week of May, decimating our Rondo and Pinot Noir Précoce, both early varieties and were well ahead in the growing season at the earlier part of the year.
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Read morePerfect Timing At White Castle Vineyard
News has it that we will be welcoming visitors to the vineyard as from 13th July 2020 Hooray……… Our priority at White Castle Vineyard is to make your visit as safe and memorable as possible. Preparations have been underway for sometime with COVID-19 advice and guidelines at the forefront and we are ready, so let’s
Read moreWelsh Wine Night
A first for Wales and what a night. Hosted by Blackbook Winery London, Wine Time London & Emerging vines Robb of White Castle Vineyard had a virtual live tasting via Instagram live. The #Welshwinenight was created by Wine GB and is designed to run for the next 6 Friday nights these all being #Englishwinenight from
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Dear Friends Firstly our thoughts are with you and your family at this difficult time and we hope that you all stay safe and well. In line with governments policy in managing Covid-19 Pandemic our vineyard is closed. It’s seems like yesterday that I was sharing our exciting news with you all and now we
Read moreThe Quarterly March 2020
March Twenty Twenty ……. As we drift towards longer evenings we know that spring is on its way and of course the daffodil in bloom in time for St Davids Day confirms that spring has sprung. On the eve of St Davids Day our Quality award winning Pinot noir Précoce vintage 2017 was showcased and
Read moreOne Year to the Next.
With the challenging weather towards harvest time in 2019 our harvest began 2 weeks later than 2018 on 10th October, and then as and when the weather allowed us. However a good yield across the 5000 vines left us in know doubt that 2019 harvest would be clean, quality grapes and that is down to
Read more🎄Join us for festive weekends from 7th December at The Cellar Door.🎄
Hot off the Press…. We are releasing “1581” vintage 2015 our renowned Welsh fortified wine, along with a fine array of quality award winning Welsh wines perfect for your wish list. Perfect gift ideas for wine lovers include local artisan chocolates, selection of welsh cheese, “Adopt a vine” and Bespoke gift vouchers. Or simply spoil...
Read moreHarvest 2019
The September weather so far has certainly been on our side grapes bask in the lasting sunshine heading towards harvest 2019 for us an exciting time ahead. The sky is the limit for our new plantings both Pinot Noir Précoce and Cabernet franc are performing well to date we have upright wonderful lush vines. Only
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Read more10th Anniversary for White Castle Vineyard.
Robb and Nicola Merchant toasted a glass or two to the exact date as they celebrated a 10 year Anniversary since planting their first 4000 vines at White Castle Vineyard in 2009. They were joined by family, friends and returning visitors on Saturday 11th May 2019 to share their success and story of how a
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