Nottingham Wine Estate

Wolds Wine Estate

Wolds Wine Estate: The New Nottingham Vineyard with Luxury Glamping

There is always a lot happening at Wolds Wine Estate – and it’s not only focused on wine.

We are looking to expand and diversify our activities to support the local ecosystem and allow others to enjoy the beauty of nature. We are particularly passionate about helping the local bee population. We now have 4 bee hives on the estate and are hoping to add to this. We can’t wait to try some delicious Wolds Wine Estate honey!

Two pigs have joined the family too. The two gilts are a cross between Gloucestershire Old Spot and Berkshire. They are currently having fun playing and rolling in the mud and rooting around in the field. Pigs are well known escape artists so we hope they don’t get loose and make their way over to the vines.

Our Vineyard & Wines

We have over 3.3 acres of vineyard made up of over 4,000 vines which we manage. The vineyard is split into two areas. The Champagne field which has all the varieties to make a wonderful English Sparkling Wine (Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier). And the glamping field which has the Solaris (white) and Rondo (red) varieties.

Planted in March 2020, for the first two years we focus the growth of the vine in the roots and into a single shoot. This single shoot will be the main trunk for future growth and grape growing. In the first two years we follow an intensive pruning regime to remove any wasted growth such as tendrils, lateral shoots and grapes. In year three we will be in a position to let the grapes grow and get our first harvest! Yay!

After the harvest the grapes will make their way to a winery for the exciting bit. Depending on what types of wine we produce some bottles will take many years to mature. However, we hope to have some ready for drinking by mid-2023. Until then you can buy other wines from us. Head over to our on-line shop to see what we have in stock (coming soon!)

Bee Hives & Honey

Vines self pollinate so we don’t need to have bees to grow our grapes. However, we love bees and they help the bio-diversity within our fields which in turn helps the soil quality.

We have 6 hives at the moment which hold up to 50,000 bees each. That’s a lot of bees. They take a lot of looking after in the summer months to check the hive health.

In the vicinity the bees have plenty of wonderful flowers, hedgerow and trees to get pollen from. Since being located in our vineyard estate the hives and thrived. Yippee!

We will hope to get some honey from the hives from late June onwards and will be selling it online for a click and collect style service. We are sure it will taste wonderful – can’t wait.

Our Pigs

Two pigs have joined the family. The two gilts are a cross between Gloucestershire Old Spot and Berkshire. They are currently having fun playing and rolling in the mud and rooting around in the field. Pigs are well known escape artists so we hope they don’t get loose and make their way over to the vines.

The pigs are so friendly and playful that they are a joy to watch. Whilst we only have two females at the moment we are hoping to expand maybe next year and start breeding. This will be a lot of fun.

As they are such good rooters we are hoping to put them to use to help clear out an old derelict pond. They should be able to make their way through the weeds and overgrown shrubs pretty quickly so that we can have a proper look at the state of the pond and what needs doing to fix it.

Our Sheep

We have a lot of grass to maintain and we can’t think of a more ecological way to keep it short than by letting our friendly neighbouring farmer put his sheep in our fields from time to time.

These sheep are expert grass cutters, the only problem is they are expert escape artists too. We have to be careful to ensure they stay away from our vineyard!

We will rotate them around the estate as needed and they will also be moved onto other fields in the local area when our grass gets too short.