Charlie Herring is Tim Phillips. Tim Phillips has been making wine since 2005 in South Africa and elsewhere. This is a local project – he also makes world class ciders, beer and sparkling wines.
The once abandoned 19th century kitchen garden in Hampshire provides a fantastic environment for Chardonnay, Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc vines. The combination of gravel soils, Lymington’s maritime climate and the thermal properties of the walls offer a unique vine-growing opportunity from which Tim crafts both still and sparkling wines. Restoration of the ancient apple orchard is ongoing and with it cider production, along with a small amount of beer from wild hops that he discovered growing behind the winery.
