ABOUT QUIET LAND

Little Bursted Vineyard

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​In 2020 we completed the purchase of 2 plots on the lower slopes next to the hamlet of Lynsore Bottom, at Little Bursted Farm.

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Why plant a vineyard in England? Certainly not for the money. Nobody in this country ever made their fortune growing grapes. The marginal climate, which gives English wines their razor-sharp acid and cool climate kudos, also gives yields that are low and unpredictable even by the standards of our nearest neighbours in Northern France, and even to the best growers.

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For us, it's because there is an opportunity to make very good wine in one of the most exciting new viticultural regions. 

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Little Bursted is a young vineyard. We bought the land in 2020, spent 2021 undertaking ground preparation and planted in spring 2022. 

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Our first commercial harvest will be in Autumn 2025, and because we want to give our wines - both sparkling and still - substantial time in tank and in bottle I don't expect to release our first wines to the market until at least 2026. It will be worth the wait.

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Why Quiet Land? Because this is one of the most tucked away, idyllic, close-to-nature little vineyards in the South East. At the quietest end of a quiet valley bottom cut through the chalk downs. It's not on the way to or from anywhere.​

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Follow the latest news

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There is usually new new post on my blog page every 2 or 3 months, and you can follow the vineyard on social media too - see the Twitter and Instagram links below - or please get in touch via the contact page and I'll be happy to show you around the steep slopes, crumbling earth and ranks of vines at any time of year.​​​​