Strawberry Hill Vineyard English Wine English Wine Producer www.strawberryhillvineyard.co.uk www.strawberryhillvineyard.com wine tasting chardonnay merlot Welcome to Strawberry Hill Vineyard, a family run business situated near Newent in Gloucestershire.Please browse our web site to discover information about our vineyard , the wines we produce and how we grow differently to most other vineyards.Discover the ever growing selection of award winning wines produced here at Strawberry Hill Vineyard including: Merlot / Cabernet Sauvignon Montpellier Red Pinot Rose Chardonnay Sparkling Chardonnay / Pinot Noir All our wines are made by nationally acclaimed wine maker Martin Fowke who was awarded 'Winemaker of the Year 2004' by the United Kingdom Vineyards Association. Here at Strawberry Hill Vineyard we have done much to successfully pioneer the growing of vines under glass and in doing so we have created a climate that is protected from the irregularities that other vineyards experience. We currently produce wine from four varieties of grapes that we grow under glass: Chardonnay, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon Pinot Noir We have found that growing vines under glass has many advantages and benefits, chiefly that our growing conditions are less affected by the UK's inconsistent seasons. The growing season is some four to six weeks longer each year, temperatures are consistently higher and this has eliminated any risk of frost damage in early spring when bud burst occurs. Loss of fruit from bird attack is negligible and hostile insects are eliminated by the use of introduced predators rather than by traditional spraying. Please browse through our 'Wines' page to see the wines that we produce from these grapes. Not only do we grow grapes. Here in west Gloucestershire we have well drained, rich Devonian sandy soils plus a favourable micro climate that has encouraged us to plant Banana palms and other tropical plants as can be seen in the Photo Gallery. Our first Banana palms planted in summer 2004 have flourished well producing the first bunch of some 100 bananas in summer