Low Park Vineyard

Low Park Vineyard A small environmentally friendly vineyard on the edge of Aslackby (South Lincolnshire) in the Aveland wapentake (Hence our friendly Viking!).

Just a couple of pictures from the vineyard today. Vines growing incredibly fast with lots of flowers. I may remove some...
23/05/2026

Just a couple of pictures from the vineyard today. Vines growing incredibly fast with lots of flowers. I may remove some flowers as too many bunches on a single shoot can be a problem. Maximum of 2 really.

15/05/2026

After a bit of bud rubbing, removing the shoots that are in places you don't want, I took a short video of the vineyard (it's only small).

Mostly because of 3 things,

1. Being grateful that we avoided the frost that hit many UK vineyards this week. It's devastating.
2. This is the tidiest the vines look all year and
3. The difference between the vine varieties is most obvious.

From the eldest to the youngest, Villaris (grey green foliage, least advanced) to Phoenix (bright green foliage and more advanced) to Rondo (red shoots upright growth, growing like crazy)..

There are other varieties but they are hiding in their vine guards .

Hopefully you can spot the difference!

Each year I decide that I have enough vines. Although I planted a new row last year. But this year I really didn't need ...
09/05/2026

Each year I decide that I have enough vines. Although I planted a new row last year. But this year I really didn't need any more. The more vines you have the more work is involved. I had enough to keep me busy, surely?...

But then, another row is only 25 vines and another red variety would give me more wine making options, so, I planted another row! Of course, I won't be planting any next year, obviously..

Welcome to Divico. A swiss bred piwi (disease resistant) variety. Bred in 1996 and released for sale in 2013. I have tried some UK Divico wines and enjoyed them immensely. It will be at least 2029 before I may get a few grapes, but that's the way it works.

Picture of the first shoots from the Divico. The green wax covers the graft between the rootstock and the Divico cane. Onwards and upwards.

I spent some of the bank holiday weekend bud rubbing and tying down the vines. It's just about the tidiest they will loo...
05/05/2026

I spent some of the bank holiday weekend bud rubbing and tying down the vines. It's just about the tidiest they will look all year!

Busy day in the winery. The 2025 semi-sparkling white wine (mostly Phoenix with a dash of Villaris) is now in bottles (a...
23/04/2026

Busy day in the winery. The 2025 semi-sparkling white wine (mostly Phoenix with a dash of Villaris) is now in bottles (about 210).

Now it just needs to ferment the added grape juice and it promises to be good!

Hopefully some for sale around October.. so far, pretty happy with this one.

Rondo leads the way! Of course, there will be no more frosts now, it's April! Phoenix and Villaris, not so sure! Fingers...
09/04/2026

Rondo leads the way! Of course, there will be no more frosts now, it's April!

Phoenix and Villaris, not so sure!

Fingers crossed everybody..

When deciding upon which red grape variety to plant I spent time trying various English (and Welsh) wines made with eith...
01/04/2026

When deciding upon which red grape variety to plant I spent time trying various English (and Welsh) wines made with either Rondo or Regent. On balance I decided on Rondo.

I read that it was prone to frost, I asked a Welsh grower about this and he told me it was not a problem for him as his vineyard rarely got frost, being so close to the Irish sea!

Hmmmm. I have grown pear trees resistant to frost so as long as there is no late frost, things will be fine. Surely?

What I failed to consider was why? I now know. They bud so early, many weeks before the white grapes. So, nothing can be done except pray for no frost! 🤞

4 years ago, just to the south of the vines (right next door) I scattered wild flower seeds in the hope of growing a wil...
28/03/2026

4 years ago, just to the south of the vines (right next door) I scattered wild flower seeds in the hope of growing a wild flower meadow. Every late summer the grass is cut down to the ground and removed.

For the last 2 summers I have seen the yellow rattle establish itself albeit in limited areas along with meadow cranesbill.

This spring, and I have cowslips emerging. This is the first year I have seen them. The seeds must have laid dormant waiting for the right time. Nature is wonderful..

Done!
23/02/2026

Done!

As part of learning about my grape varieties it's good to try out different wine types/styles. Alongside the Rose exper...
13/02/2026

As part of learning about my grape varieties it's good to try out different wine types/styles. Alongside the Rose experiment (the very red Rose!) I have an Orange wine experiment using Villaris grapes. Villaris is not widely grown and I have learnt how different it is to the Phoenix grape that I also grow.

I have bottled around 25 litres, some as a still wine and a few as semi-sparkling.. without a doubt it needs time to soften and develop. I am looking forward to trying it in 6 months or so (if I can wait that long!)

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