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Bolney Wine Estate celebrates 50th anniversary
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Bolney Wine Estate, the Sussex based vineyard producing award-winning still and sparkling English wines, is proud to be celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Fifty years ago, English wine was...
Freixenet Copestick acquires English winery, Bolney Wine Estate.
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Freixenet Copestick strengthens its position as the leading sparkling wine supplier in England with the acquisition of the renowned English sparkling wine and wine cellar Bolney. The transaction took...
Bolney Wine Estate launch at The Hari
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From September 2021, we are proud to announce that Bolney Wine Estate is the exclusive English Wine partner of 5* boutique The Hari Hotel, London.
English Wine pioneer Rodney Pratt: 1942-2021
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It is with great sadness that we announce Rodney Pratt, co-founder of Bolney Wine Estate, passed away on Saturday 12th June 2021.
NEW IN: Say hello to our Estate Chardonnay 2020
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We’re proud to announce the launch of our first still Chardonnay. The 2020 vintage joins our Bolney Range, sitting in good company alongside our Estate Pinot Noir and Estate Pinot Gris.
We’re going electric! Introducing our electric vehicle charging points
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Brighton Energy Cooperative has installed the first of its new network of community owned, solar-linked electric vehicle charge points at our estate.
A look back at Bolney 2020
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As we near the end of 2020, we wanted to take a look back at some of the positive things we have celebrated this year and say a huge thank you to every single person who has supported us throughout.
Bolney awarded National Spirit of Family Business award 2020
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Here at Bolney we are passionate about what we do, and it’s so special to us when this is recognised by others too. We are absolutely delighted to have won the National Spirit of Family...
Harvest at Bolney has begun!
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Perfect weather over lockdown has helped produce a beautiful ripe crop of grapes. Bolney Wine Estate in West Sussex will pick in excess of 235 tonnes of grapes to fill approximately 190,000...
Introducing everyday occasions with Bolney
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Here at Bolney Wine Estate, we believe that every day is an occasion to enjoy and make memories. That life is all about making the most of moments with friends and loved ones – with great food and...
Introducing our brand new virtual wine tasting
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We’ve missed seeing you all at Bolney and sharing our love for English wine, so we’ve thought of a way to continue doing this from afar and we think you’re going to love it.
We’ve launched our first ever Bolney Estate Gin
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Having mastered wine making, and with the success of the release of our Rosso Vermouth last year, we thought it was time we ventured into gin.
Sam Linter appointed as Wine GB Director
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We are delighted to share with you the news that our very own Sam Linter, Head Winemaker and Managing Director at Bolney Wine Estate, has been appointed as Wine GB Director.