The Malvern Hills Vineyards

The Malvern Hills Vineyards is a new collaboration of six independent vineyards, which have chosen to team up to highlight how local experience, expertise and reputation in growing great grapes and making excellent wines is going from strength to strength in this area. This announcement comes just ahead of English Wine week as an example of the growth of the wine industry in the UK.

Together the six vineyards grow no fewer than 14 grape varieties over a total of 35 hectares spanning three counties of Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire. They produce a wide range of still and sparkling wines, regularly winning awards in international tasting competitions.

The six vineyards are Three Choirs, Chase End, Bromesberrow Place, Foxbury Fields, Marlbank and Two Beacons. The character and story of each vineyard is unique, but what they have in common is people with a passion for the art and craft of viticulture, and a respect for the soils that nurtures their vines.

The new collaboration aims to raise awareness and interest in this burgeoning sector which has deep roots in the Malvern Hills area. Grapevines are taking over where apples, pears and hops used to grow.

“We’ve been growing grapes at Three Choirs since 1973, when this was a very innovative thing to do,” says Martin Fowke, Managing Director. “The terroir has always been good for vines, and the effects of climate change now mean that we regularly have excellent growing conditions. In that time, we have seen huge changes in the shape of the market, with food and accommodation complementing the tours and tastings. Today, we are seeing more and more interest and desire to understand how we grow grapes, how we manage sustainably the vineyard and the winemaking, and how the changing climate is affecting quality, choices and practices.”

The youngest vineyard in Malvern Hills Vineyards collaboration is Marlbank, where Manager Jeremy Macklin brings experience from working closely with vineyards in France. “When I moved here in 2020 I discovered the marl soils were very similar to those in Burgundy, which produces excellent pinot noir grapes, so it was a bit of a “no-brainer” to plant 1500 pinot noir vines in a field where apples and pears used to grow.

All six vineyards offer tours and tastings. For contact details please go to the website, www.themalvernhillsvineyards.co.uk.

Foxbury Fields Vineyards Taste of Herefordshire Tours

We’re throwing open our gates to visitors for a series of ‘Taste of Herefordshire’ tours and tastings as part of English Wine Week next month Saturday June 21 to Sunday June 29, 2025.

We’re hosting events on June 21, 22, 25, 27 and 28 to help raise awareness of the county’s wine producers and wine tourism opportunities.

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Behind-the-scenes tours

We’re delighted to be hosting these behind-the-scenes tours during English Wine Week 2025, which is organised by our industry body WineGB, and to give visitors the opportunity to try some of the wonderful wines we make here in Herefordshire.

English wine is going from strength-to-strength. We’ve had some great production years recently including 2023, which was pretty near perfect in terms of the weather, the harvest and the number of bottles produced.

Wine tourism

2024 proved a bit challenging with all the wet weather at the start of the year so it’s going to be interesting to see how we all fare in 2025, especially with the drier start to the year we’ve had so far.”

WineGB’s ‘UK Wine Tourism in 2024 Report’ shows that visits to vineyards and wineries have risen by 55% and that vineyards and wineries are now actively involved in wine tourism.

We’re very proud of the cultivation, land management and environmental practices we’ve implemented at our vineyard, as well as the award-winning wines we make and we’re looking forward to showing it to anyone who is interested in finding out more.

Our awards

We’ve been winning regional and national awards for our wines for many years and have a range of accolades from silver and bronze to highly commended from WineGB West going back to 2017.

We were awarded with bronze medals in 2023 for both our 2021 Bacchus and Ortega wines from WineGB and a silver for our 2022 Ortega and our 2022 Bacchus at 2023’s WineGB West awards event, which was judged by industry experts including top wine journalist, Susy Atkins.”

To enhance the celebrations, English Wine Week also coincides with the Summer Solstice, which falls on June 21.

About our tours

Every event takes place at our vineyard, nestled at the foot of the Malvern Hills. After walking through the vines and touring our site, guests can sit back and try our award-winning classic vintage English Bacchus and our wonderfully perfumed Ortega wines.

The vineyard is a five-to-10-minute walk from our farm, so if anyone has any walking difficulties, but would like to come along, please get in touch with us direct before booking and we can discuss accommodating your needs.

Dates & Times

Our ‘Taste of Herefordshire’ tours and tastings are on:

Saturday, June 21 from 3pm
Sunday, June 22 from 3pm
Wednesday, June 25 from 6pm
Friday, June 27 from 6pm
Saturday, June 28 from 3pm.

How to book

Each tour, which is priced at £5 per person, lasts approximately 90 minutes to two hours and includes the wine tasting. Tickets should be booked in advance via the store section here. Advance booking is required to guarantee a place.

English Wine Week 2025 is from June 21st to 29th. This year’s theme is “Create new traditions” encouraging people to explore and enjoy English wines. Vineyards across England will host events and tastings during this week, with the goal of making English wine a more common choice.