OUTSTANDING COOL CLIMATE WINES FROM THE VALE OF YORK
Nestled in the Vale of York, Dunesforde is a four-acre, boutique vineyard established by the Townsend family. Working in harmony with the cool climate, our aim is to produce fruit of the highest quality to make distinctive, characterful English wines in one of the most northerly vineyards in the UK.
Using inspiration drawn from the vineyards in Tuscany and the local Roman heritage, planting began near the family home in Upper Dunsforth, North Yorkshire in 2016. The land is now home to four grape varieties, all carefully selected because of their suitability to this northern location – Bacchus, Solaris, Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir Précoce.
Four years on, in October 2019 we introduced our first harvest wines and in June 2020, we released the 2019 harvest. You can book a tour with a tasting to experience the wines in the surrounds of our beautiful vineyard.
TOURS AND TASTINGS
Head over to the vineyard this summer
Following the launch of our 2019 vintage wines and the success of the private tasting appointments to sample these, we’re now adding a tour to provide visitors with a more complete experience of both the vineyard and the wines. This opportunity is a forerunner to the range of enhanced tour experiences which we will be introducing when all the works to our vineyard building have been completed.
- Enjoy a one-hour visit and tour
- Meet a member of the team
- Take a walk through the vines
- Hear about the history of the vineyard
- Learn about the process at Dunesforde
- Chat about the plans for the future
- Taste three white wines – 2018 Bacchus from our first harvest and the 2019 Bacchus and 2019 Solaris from our latest harvest