Our Story
Wayford Vineyard can be found in the tranquil village of Wayford on the Somerset/Dorset borderm three miles from Crewkerne. The vineyard came into existence when ten couples from the village and local viscinity decided to embark on an adventure into the world of viticulture.
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It was decided to plant Pinot Noir. In April 2007 some 3,500 vines arrived, and so the adventure began. Rows were meiculously marked out and in just on blistering week (in all respects!) all the vines were duly planted.
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For the next few years we all tended to a section of the vineyard, pruning the vines, mowing the field, repairing posts and wire, killing weeds, and dreaming of the first Wayford vintage...
The First Harvest
First Harvest was in 2014. It was a question of rallying family and friends around to help with the back breaking task of picking the grapes. When the grapes had reached full potential and the weather conditions were ideal the call went out for all hands on deck.
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The picking crates were positioned at the end of the rows, the tractor and trailer at the ready to pick them up when full. After many hours of picking the boxes were weighed and counted and loaded onto a closed trailer and transported to the Vintner. Off loaded at the winery. Those of us remaining at the vineyard enjoyed a lovely hot supper to reward us for our efforts. We then had to wait 2 years to sample the fruits of our labours.
The result? Award-Winning Wine
We now produce Wayford Pinot Noir, an award-winning Somerset Sparkling Wine. The variability in the weather each year accounts for most of the natural variation in our wine from vintage to vintage. Our wine is stored and matured on the lees which provides character and further subtle differences in complexity to each year's vintage. In recent years our wine has been entered into the Wine-GB West competition and to date we have won multiple Bronze, Silver, and Gold awards.