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
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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
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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...
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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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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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Great Grape News White Castle Vineyard owners Robb and Nicola Merchant shall be at London wine fair for a second year with a fine array of their quality Welsh wines. May 11th 2019 marks their 10th Anniversary since planting their first vines in the village of Llanvetherine Abergavenny Wales and to mark this milestone a
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Our Winter pruning a distant memory and now the task of replacing trellising posts is on top of the agenda most days for Robb. Our existing trellising posts have rotted at ground level and the move to metal posts is the way forward although costly to say the least. Tying down the canes to the
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Great grape news we are well on our way with plans to celebrate our 10th anniversary since planting White Castle Vineyard. A dream became reality when we planted the first 4000 vines on May 11th 2009 and to mark this milestone a further planting of 2000 vines is due to take place early May 2019 when
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White Castle Vineyard welcomes Sir Bryn Terfel.
Read moreA Happy New Year to you all and may 2019 turn out to be your best year ever! At the start of 2019 I feel this is an ideal opportunity to thank all our visitors for their valued support throughout the years and we look forward to welcoming you to our Vineyard on this our
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