We are grateful to everyone who braved the elements to join our outdoor Norfolk wine tasting at the Walsingham Farms Shop. Despite the weather being determined to keep everyone indoors, you came out to taste our wines with us in the open air.
It was wonderful to meet people trying our wines for the first time. That moment of recognition when the wine connects is why we do this.
Norfolk on a plate and in a glass
We paired our wines with two exceptional Norfolk cheeses, and the combinations worked beautifully.
Norfolk Mardler from The Goat Shed at Fielding Cottage in Honingham is a creamy goat’s cheese that went well with our crisp white wines. The name comes from the Norfolk dialect word meaning to gossip or chat.
Mrs Temple’s Binham Blue is Norfolk’s only cow’s milk blue cheese, handmade by Catherine Temple at Copy’s Green Farm near Wighton. Creamy, mellow and wonderfully approachable, it paired superbly with our Pinot Noir.
Two Norfolk producers, two Norfolk cheeses, paired with Norfolk wine.
Time travel in a glass
Helen Keller once wrote: “Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived.”
Wine does precisely that. Each glass carries the sunshine of that summer and the chalk and flint of our soil.
Saturday’s tasting reminded us why this matters. The questions you asked about wild fermentation, about why we chose these varieties, about what the chalk contributes to the wine, showed genuine curiosity about the place and the process. Those conversations are as valuable to us as the sales.
Thank you
To everyone who came out in the cold and wet, thank you. Your enthusiasm and support mean a great deal. The sales were wonderful. So was the interest people took.
A huge thank you to Sam, Ali and the team at Walsingham Farms Shop for hosting us so well. And to The Goat Shed and Mrs Temple’s Cheeses for their Norfolk cheeses.
If you missed this event, there will be more opportunities to taste in the months ahead. We are planning more wine and tasting events, so do sign up to our newsletter to be the first to hear about them.
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