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Wissett Wine was conceived and the 1st three acres of the vineyard planted at Valley Farm in the Spring of 1987 with vines brought from Alsace, France.Another five acres were planted in the Spring of 1992 making eight acres in all, which should yield roughly some fifteen thousand bottles of quality English wine each year. The vines are all grafted on to disease-resistant root-stock OK for our soils and climate, and are planted at 1.8m (6ft) to 2.4m (8ft) centers in rows 3.6m (12ft) apart. They're trained either on wires at eye-level -- trellis system known as Geneva Double Curtain ( GDC ) after the wine-growing district of that name in higher NY state, USA or on the Scott-Henry system which is utilized at length in New Zealand.

The principle types grown here are Pinot Gris, Madeleine Angevine, and Auxerrois, which is grown at length in Alsace where though shunning the spotlight ( hogged by Riesling et al. ) it contributes famously to the successfulness of the sparkling Cremant d'Alsace as well as - we are hoping you'll agree - to that of our own Wissett bubbly. Other kinds grown on the property include Pinot Meunier, Pinot Noir (both mainstays of Champers), and Muller Thurgau, and these are usually mixed with the principle variations to add a little "je ne sais quoi"!

English Wine has well-and-truly come of age, holding its collective head proud among the remainder of the planet's major producers -- as witnessed by repeated successes of English Wines in blind tastings with French and German estate-bottled wines at global conventions.

Our wines are dry to off-dry and we promote you serve them slightly chilled -- they're exquisite on their lonesome as an aperitif and complement perfectly summer salads, fish and seafood dishes. We hope most sincerely that you'll continue to enjoy these wines.

Our wine label design is founded upon a roof boss in Norwich Cathedral which shows Noah attending his vines, and is reproduced with the kind authorization of the Dean & Chapter of Norwich. The bible reports that planting a vineyard was the second thing that Noah did after landing on Ararat but fails to say what the very first thing was!