How We Grow Our English wine

Radlow Hundred emerged from a family with eight generations of farming in the rolling Herefordshire landscape. 

Committed to preserving the future of our British farming community, our grower, Rob Hancocks, creates the very best English wine that our soil can produce. 

With a focus on small-batch bottlings, we selected two grapes - Rondo and Solaris - to make our award-winning English wine. Carefully paired to the soil and the surrounding climate, our vines were so good in the first year of planting, we couldn’t keep them to ourselves. The grapes flourish and thrive in our Herefordshire climate. 

Whilst the harvest in late summer/early autumn is a key focal point of any English vineyard’s calendar, we look after the vines all year. In winter the pruning takes place by hand. Through spring we guide the vines' growth. As the summer sun returns, we’re constantly in the vineyard removing any weeds and cutting back growth to let the grapes soak up the sunshine. This is our favourite time of year in the vineyard and when our bees awaken to pollinate our plants. 

Many people ask: is English wine any good? With our Rondo English Red Wine release, we believe we’ve answered that question with a yes. The story of English wine has been an incredibly exciting one to date and we’re proud to be part of the tales to come and the journey ahead as English wine producers. 

Find our collection here and discover the next chapter of English wine.