Grand Tour of Gifford's Hall Vineyard
Enjoy a Grand Tour of Gifford's Hall vineyard.
Location
Giffords Hall Vineyard, Hartest, Bury St Edmunds IP29 4EX
Telephone
01284 830799- Next Event
- 6th May 11:00am
- Event Finishes
- 6th May 12:00pm
About this event
Enjoy a Grand Tour of Gifford's Hall vineyard.
The tour includes a fully guided group tour of the vineyard, with a talk on the grape varieties we grow and the wines they produce, followed by a tasting and presentation of three wines and three liqueurs. The cafe is open for cakes, coffee and ice creams and the shop is full of lovely things to buy.
Grand Tours start at 11am (fairly promptly) and last approximately an hour.
Dogs are welcome but must remain on a lead as we have lambs and chicks. Please bring comfortable footwear to walk in, wellies and waterproofs if the weather is uncertain.
Children under 18 free and do not need to book a place. The wine tasting is only available to visitors over 18 years of age, please do not be offended if we ask for proof of age.
We also offer private tours for a date of your choice (subject to availability).
Our Grand Tours are available on select dates throughout the year:
Monday April 1
Monday May 6
Monday May 27
Monday August 26
Monday September 21
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About the Venue
Giffords Hall is a family owned Vineyard near Long Melford in Suffolk where we grow Bacchus, Madeleine Angevine, Reichensteiner, Rondo and Pinot Noir varieties. Our sandy/clay soil produces quality grapes, high in natural sugars and acids, that lend themselves particularly well to both sparkling and dry aromatic still wines.
2022 Awards include two trophies, many medals and the East Anglian top wine of the Year!
Giffords Hall Vineyard has a large winery and barrel hall and operates tours and functions through the year .Tours can be booked online or tour vouchers can be purchased as gifts. The Barrel Hall can also be booked as a venue for parties and offsites.
There is a small gift shop where wines can be purchased and a weekend café. Visitors to Giffords Hall can enjoy cakes, coffee, ice-creams or picnics from the café , or wine tasting flights. There is also a charming, very quiet and private two bedroom holiday let and the vineyard can offer tour/stay packages for special occasions.
We make white, sparkling, rose and red wines and our wines have a delicate floral character very typical of the region. 90% of Giffords Wines are PDO or PGI classified and single estate only – we have three single Varietal wines.
East Anglia is fast becoming a recognisable wine growing region. In addition to areas of very favourable terroir, land prices and the driest climate in the UK, have resulted in Vines being grown commercially in the area from the first modern pioneers of the 40s. This statistic doesn’t apply just to the present: there is strong evidence to support that theory that East Anglia supplied a third of the tithe of grapes to Rome from Bury. St Edmunds, and their legionaries enjoyed the East Anglian posting because of ‘the quality of the wine’.
