July blog – NEW Art Installation 2021
Monday, 05 July 2021 by Jeannette Simpson
Radius Artwork Installation Radiates at Denbies A new artwork Radius has been installed at Denbies estate. Commissioned by Surrey Hills Arts, this was co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund and forms an undulating weave of English oak reflecting the shapes and surroundings of the Surrey Hills landscape. A seating bench follows the curves, where
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June blog – Bud Burst 2021
Thursday, 17 June 2021 by Jeannette Simpson
Denbies Wine Estate is brimming with activity around the vineyard with bud burst in full force. Walking around the estate you will notice the first signs of growth on the vines ready to soak up the summer sun known as bud burst. Bud burst is the process where the vines first being to produce new
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March Wine Blog
Tuesday, 26 March 2019 by Jeannette Simpson
With spring now fast approaching, all winter pruning in the vineyard is now complete, with vines tied down ready and waiting for bud burst. General trellis repairs will continue over the next few weeks to ensure that everything is ready for the growing season. The new trellis is being installed on the Dell slopes, due
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January Wine Blog
Tuesday, 29 January 2019 by Jeannette Simpson
Happy New Year from all at Denbies Wine Estate! We are looking forward to another great year and the release of some spectacular wines later on in the season. In the vineyard, the vines are now dormant for winter, with pruning beginning very shortly. After a six week period, this will be closely followed by
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November Wine Blog
Thursday, 29 November 2018 by Jeannette Simpson
What a wonderful year it’s been! Whilst Denbies’ winery team works as hard as ever fermenting, bottling and taking care of our young wines, we look back over a successful and bountiful 2018 to examine what made it such a great harvest here at Denbies Wine Estate. Conditions in March were chilly with very heavy
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Blanc de Noirs 2013 CSWWC Award 2018
Friday, 26 October 2018 by Jeannette Simpson
Well done team! Denbies are delighted to have been awarded the CSWWC 2018 Best in Class for Best English Blanc de Noirs. The Champagne and Sparkling World Wine Championships celebrate the top sparkling offerings across the globe, with entries from 18 countries this year. The competition is known for being the toughest and most well-respected
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October 2018 Harvest
Thursday, 11 October 2018 by Jeannette Simpson
We are now nearing the completion of a very busy and successful 2018 harvest here at Denbies Wine Estate. A section of our Pinot Noir grapes destined for our premium sparkling wines were hand-picked last week, with the remaining Pinot Noir berries being harvested today. In addition, we are currently machine-harvesting Seyval Blanc in the
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September 2018 Wine Blog
Thursday, 20 September 2018 by Jeannette Simpson
Harvest has begun on the Estate! With our first pick of Solaris grapes taking place 7th September, our vineyard team have just completed harvesting our Ortega plots. This is followed this week by hand picking of the premium Bacchus varietal, for our best-selling Vineyard Select wines. Hand-picking of these grapes is also taking place on
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