Peter Hall (1943-2025) was a pioneer of English winemaking, planting his small six-acre vineyard in 1974. Over 50 years he learnt much about growing grapes in a difficult place, saying "I’ve come to appreciate that the best wine is made in the vineyard. The winemaker’s job is to let good grapes express themselves naturally."
Each year Peter made two cuvées, one from Seyval Blanc and the other from the classic Champagne varieties: Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier and Pinot Noir. Both cuvées where named for close friends. Each year yields approximately 10,000 bottles, though in some years the entire crop was lost to floods (or on one occasion pheasants). Viticulture in the UK is notoriously challenging.
