Welcome to our first Vineyard news post.
In these troubled times it is good to have something to look forward to. One day, self-isolation will end. We can all take up where we left off and once again enjoy all the great and simple pleasures in life.
At Mannings Heath Golf and Wine Estate we are looking forward to our very first harvest in 2020. We will at last see the fruits of the 15 hectares (37 acres) of vineyards that were planted in 2017. The harvest will be at the end of September, or early October, dependent upon the weather.
At the moment we are running about a week or so late. But that’s fine, as long as there are no frosts! We are going to considerable lengths to counter Jack Frost, with new equipment that we have brought in.
More on this in future posts.
Grape Vine Flowering
UK’s First Pinotage Vineyard - Visit Leonardslee Lakes & Gardens
Vineyards Planted at Mannings Heath Golf & Wine Estate
You may know the story of the vineyard planting; how in 2017 we converted one of the two 18-hole golf courses into a 9-hole, and used the free space to plant sparkling wine cultivars, 60% Chardonnay, 30% Pinot Noir and 10% Pinot Meunier.
UK’s First Pinotage Vineyard - Visit Leonardslee Lakes & Gardens
We also have an experimental vineyard of non-sparkling Pinotage at Leonardslee Lakes and Gardens, a 0.5 hectare site planted in 2018, to evaluate the local growing conditions for a grape that is more usually associated with South Africa.
Mannings Heath Golf & Wine Estate Set To Produce 75000 Bottles Of English Sparkling Wine by 2023
Visit the Vineyards at Mannings Heat Golf & Wine Estate
Bud Break
Mannings Heath Vineyards
Total production from the Mannings Heath vineyard is projected at some 75,000 bottles of sparkling wine annually, with the first release of wine to be enjoyed in 2023.
Follow the Journey from Bud Break to Bottle
Over the course of the coming months we will share with you what is happening on the estate; the stages of growth and the whole harvesting and winemaking process, ‘from bud break to bottle’.
Buy Our Wine Wine Online - We Deliver to Your Door
In the meantime, you can enjoy wines from our sister vineyard in South Africa, at Benguela Cove Lagoon Wine Estate.
Buy award-winning wines online - delivered to your door if you are within a local radius of 20 miles of Mannings Heath, West Sussex.
Benguela Cove - Award-Winning Wines
Benguela Cove Lagoon Wine Estate - Walker Bay
Benguela Cove offers a very special terroir, for grapes of superb quality.
Positioned at the ocean's edge, the south-easterly sea breeze is chilled by the Benguela current flowing up from Antarctica, to cool the grapes at night after the warm summer days, irrigated by above-average rainfall.
If it sounds like a wonderful location, it truly is!
Buy award-winning wines online - delivered to your door if you are within a local radius of 20 miles of Mannings Heath, West Sussex.
