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Chris Haywood

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English Winemaker at Astley Vineyard (Worcs). Toddler dad. Foodie & nerdy.

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First wine tasting after a break is always a bit touch & go, but nice group and it went fine

21.02.2026 16:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Brilliant night representing Worcestershire on behalf of Visit Britain and Visit Worcestershire on Monday. These were American luxury FIT travel agents searching for authentic places in Britain to visit. Lygon Arms was a great venue.
Marvellous!

04.02.2026 16:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Been quiet on here recently, but Iโ€™m still at it!

Tasting here tonight ๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿป
(Lygon Arms)

02.02.2026 19:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Finns make Rudolph taste GOOD!

23.12.2025 16:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks. Appreciate that. Day got a lot better. Couldnโ€™t have gone any works to be honest!

21.12.2025 19:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks. Day got a lot better, but the start was absolutely brutal!

21.12.2025 19:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sh*t month.
Send pity ๐Ÿ˜”

21.12.2025 12:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Video editing sure is a pain. A few hours spent in this. Sigh

13.12.2025 15:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Cheeky feature in Forbes this morning ๐Ÿ˜Ž

(Only 2 of the 19 photos I sent were of me, I swear!)

www.forbes.com/sites/lewisn...

08.12.2025 09:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Chatting wine to local business leaders this morning (Hereford & Worcester Chamber)

Nice to bring the conversation back to business for once

04.12.2025 12:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What about both?

02.12.2025 21:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Lunar crepuscular raysโ€ฆapparently!
Quite a rare sighting.

02.12.2025 21:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ai glassesโ€ฆ?

22.11.2025 17:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Preview
Astley Vineyard - Buy online Buy our boutique English wine online. National delivery available.

astleyvineyard.co.uk/shop/

21.11.2025 14:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The effort of putting this all together ๐Ÿ™„

Christmas cases now online

21.11.2025 14:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sometimes you start the day not k owing what to do.

And some days your late harvest wine ferment decides to triple in speed overnight.

Cue emergency action to stop the ferment ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ

11.11.2025 10:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hey look, a pocket of high GDD just where we are. Funny that ๐Ÿ˜‰

09.11.2025 15:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Lovely moment when you put the press to bed for another year!

07.11.2025 14:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I wish it was all that glamorous! Just racking racking racking in the wineryโ€ฆ

07.11.2025 09:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Botrytised Kerner doing the rounds online (20k views, 600 likes).

Hopefully the resulting wine will be just as popular!

Departing from our usual Siegerrebe, to make something even sweeter and richer than our Brigid (Kabinett Kerner)

07.11.2025 09:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Halloween was significantly cuter and more fun this year. Adorable

30.10.2025 18:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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'English Wine Will Change Your Life', our first Wine Fair is here! 16 producers. 70 wines. 1 day only. ๐Ÿฅ‚๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ™Œโœ…๐Ÿ‡๐Ÿ˜Ž

On 22.11.25 Bristol becomes the centre of English wine - fizz, white, rosรฉ, red & orange. You should join us!!!

Tickets: iewa.uk/shop #TheIEWA

#EnglishWine #BristolEvents

29.10.2025 16:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

14.4% abv
8.2g/L TA
PH 3.1

Astounding.

29.10.2025 08:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Will be glad to get the last harvest in tomorrow

Late harvest Kerner, destined for a sweet wine.

27.10.2025 14:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Geeeeeze thatโ€™s a weird one to process. Sorry ๐Ÿ˜•

27.10.2025 11:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Finally bottling the 2024 sparkling.
4.5 bar
Kerner
QA23

21.10.2025 09:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Shop was โ€œlunch is 2 hours lateโ€ kind of busy.

Good fun. Good conversations.

19.10.2025 13:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Shop was โ€œlunch is 2 hours lateโ€ kind of busy.

Good fun. Good conversations.

19.10.2025 13:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Opening everything up today to celebrate Taste Worcestershire.

Look at all my lovely, colourful boys & girls ๐Ÿฅน

19.10.2025 10:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Flambรฉd some home grown & home made poached quince in chase marmalade vodka because Iโ€™m all kinds of fancy. Served on a hot cross bun ๐Ÿ’…๐Ÿป

17.10.2025 18:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0