Discussing recent events and the future

2019 Infographic

2019 was our third vintage here at the vineyard. We are pleased with what we have acheived so far, but there is still so much more to com...

Chris's 2019 experience

Phew! Thank goodness that’s over! The Harvest of 2019 seemed to go on for ever. We started on 6th September, the first vineyard to start ...

2019 marked some dramatic changes in my life. I moved into my newly refurbished home, complete with sauna (swoon). I become a dog owner (...

As I get older, history fascinates me more and more. But not the histories of kings an queens, of great battles, or of palaces and castle...

2018. What a year. It’s amazing to think that our family are just 20 months into the story here at the vineyard. With that comes a great ...

2018. What a year that was! It’s amazing to think that our family are just 19 months into the story here at the vineyard. With that comes...

2018. What a year. It’s amazing to think that our family are just 19 months into the story here at the vineyard. With that comes a great ...

2018. What a year. It’s amazing to think that our family are just 19 months into the story here at the vineyard. With that comes a great ...

For all of its illustrious 47-year history Astley Vineyard has produced its own grapes, but never made its own wine. This was a task left...

We’ve spent a lot of time writing and talking about non-vineyard stuff this year. And understandably so: it’s been a big year, from the r...

Last month, around 60 people joined us for a terrific, intimate afternoon of food, wine and nature amongst our vines.

Our first season of pruning of the vineyard is completed. That sentence is written with a certain element of relief. The daunting prospec...

2017 was a momentous year for Astley Vineyard, and now that 2018 is here, we don’t want it to slow down one bit! It’s still early days, b...

Harvest time; Clocking-off time; Training time; Chainsaw massacre time; No time-at-all time!  September: and I’m heading into the last few

1 month 31 days 744 hours However you put it, we are torn between saying that we are amazed at how much we have achieved here at Astley Vin

In July 2017 Jonty retired from the business, and our family purchased the now legendary English vineyard. We are a family of five (parents