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Fighting Frost at Black Chalk
Fighting Frost at Black Chalk
This week it's been sunshine by day, but in the vineyard, it’s what happens after dark that truly keeps us on our toes. Levels Vineyard at dawn after a frosty... Read more...
#GiveToGain: A Conversation with the Women of Black Chalk on International Women’s Day
#GiveToGain: A Conversation with the Women of Black Chalk on International Women’s Day
At Black Chalk, we know great wine can only be made by a great team of people. And while the wine industry has historically been seen as male-dominated, times are... Read more...
Winter Conversations in the Vines: Pruning with Gwil Cooper
Winter Conversations in the Vines: Pruning with Gwil Cooper
Black Chalk Vineyard Manager, Gwil Cooper While the vines at Black Chalk may look like they’re sleeping through winter, this is actually one of the most important and quietly beautiful... Read more...
Jacob Leadley + Zoë Driver have slam-dunked it yet again
Jacob Leadley + Zoë Driver have slam-dunked it yet again
Henry Jeffreys summed it up perfectly in his recent Substack article, “English sparkling wines from small producers”: “Black Chalk are another producer you can’t ignore. Partly this is down to... Read more...
A Very Black Chalk Christmas: What to Drink and When
A Very Black Chalk Christmas: What to Drink and When
The Christmas drinking guide you really need. Ah, Christmas Day… that glorious blend of joy, mild panic, and the annual tradition of pretending you definitely enjoy sprouts. Well, lucky for... Read more...
V.6: The Year Everything Clicked
V.6: The Year Everything Clicked
[ ](https://www.blackchalkwine.co.uk/about-us) The Black Chalk V.6 Harvest Team We sit down with Jacob Leadley (CEO & Winemaker), Zoë Driver (Winemaker), and Gwil Cooper (Vineyard Manager) to talk about this year’s... Read more...
Top 10 Things to do in Hampshire including Wine Tours & Tastings
Top 10 Things to do in Hampshire including Wine Tours & Tastings
Top 10 things to do in Hampshire, just a one hour train journey from London. Wine tours & tastings, cycling the Test Way, staying in a treehouse and much more. Read more...
Exploring Black Chalk: Vineyard Walking Tour Map
Exploring Black Chalk: Vineyard Walking Tour Map
There’s so much more to Black Chalk than just our award-winning wines. When you visit our estate, we invite you to immerse yourself in the story of Black Chalk and... Read more...
Festive Feasting: How to Pair Black Chalk Wines with Seasonal Dishes
Festive Feasting: How to Pair Black Chalk Wines with Seasonal Dishes
Christmas is all about good food, great wine, making memories with the people you love and presents of course! At Black Chalk, we’ve got the wine part covered for you... Read more...
V.5 Harvest Reflections
V.5 Harvest Reflections
Q:****How did this year’s harvest go compared to what you expected? Zoë: For me, the majority of harvest went better than we anticipated, especially for the Pinots. We did have... Read more...
Grapes, Frost + the Future: Harvest 2024 Uncorked
Grapes, Frost + the Future: Harvest 2024 Uncorked
We sit down with Jacob Leadley, CEO and winemaker at Black Chalk, as harvest 2024 officially kicks off. In this conversation, we dive into the highs and lows of the... Read more...
Paragon + Inversion Garner Stellar Reviews
Paragon + Inversion Garner Stellar Reviews
In the world of English fine wine, a few names resonate with both aficionados and casual drinkers and after the release of Paragon and Inversion earlier this year, we might... Read more...
The Blending Blog - behind the scenes with our winemakers
The Blending Blog - behind the scenes with our winemakers
March is a busy month in our winery as our winemakers, Jacob and Zoë, have been hard at work blending the wines from Black Chalk's 2023 vintage, a task that... Read more...
The Art of Tirage
The Art of Tirage
Over the course of four days, it's all hands on deck at Black Chalk, as we bottle approximately 80,000 bottles of sparkling wine. The creation of sparkling wine is a... Read more...
Woolly Companions: Winter Grazing at Black Chalk Wine
Woolly Companions: Winter Grazing at Black Chalk Wine
This month we welcomed a woolly workforce to the vineyards – a flock of 40 sheep! Pre Spring, we’re embracing the natural synergy between viticulture and pastoral agriculture and setting... Read more...
Our newly released wines for 2023
Our newly released wines for 2023
2023 marks a huge year for Black Chalk, including the launch of new vintages and the production of brand new wines to the Black Chalk portfolio. We were thrilled to... Read more...
Why join a Wine Club?
Why join a Wine Club?
Have you thought about joining a wine club but not really sure which is the best wine club to pick or if it’s worth it? There’s a membership club for... Read more...
Ideas for Team Away Days
Ideas for Team Away Days
Perfect Location for Team Away Days Did you know? Here at Black Chalk Wine we offer multiple spaces to hire for team away days . We have four spaces to... Read more...
What to Expect on a Wine Tour
What to Expect on a Wine Tour
A wine tour enables you to see a working vineyard and winery in action. Black Chalk Wine has both the vineyard and winery on the same premises so you get... Read more...
How We Harvest our Grapes | Black Chalk Vineyard, Hampshire
How We Harvest our Grapes | Black Chalk Vineyard, Hampshire
At our english vineyard in Hampshire we harvest our grapes around September or October depending on the weather conditions of that year. The majority of Black Chalk vineyards are planted... Read more...

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