Standout tablescapes go head-to-head with award-winning wine!

We had huge pleasure showing Glassette what we get up to, here at The Grange and they created two of their incredible tablescapes (they are a MAJOR thing!), all inspired by the estate and what makes our wine special.

We left the pairings up to them, to see where they took us… Set up in the vineyard, a classic grazing table of bread, olives, cheese and grapes still on the stem – the grapes stacked high in a tower, a wine bottle sculpted from butter – they take simple things and turn them on their heads. Fancy some CLASSIC? Shop online!

For pairings they opted for charcuterie layered on crisps. “Manchego cut into triangles. Melon wrapped in prosciutto. Elevated pairings, but nothing that takes itself too seriously.”

Whilst Glassette are shouting all about our top sellers the CLASSIC NV and PINK NV in their edit, that doesn't mean our other wines don't deserve a spotlight at your table. You can shop the full range on our website or visit our CELLAR DOOR which is open Monday-Friday 10-5, Saturdays 11-4.

You may have heard through the grapevine, that Oz Clarke and Tom Surgey are on a mission to uncover the English Wine Heroes of 2026.

The two have tasted over 200 English wines, in all styles. Sharing their notes, top tens, regional reviews and experiences. This year we sent over 3 wines for Oz and Tom to taste including the IWC trophy-winning WHITE FROM BLACK 2019… this is what they said:

“Good, serious sparkling wine. Blackcurrant and crème fraîche, lush black fruits easily balanced by lime zest acidity. It builds confidently in the glass, an impressive wine now and will be even better in a couple of years time.” – Oz Clarke & Tom Surgey⁠

(btw if you do want to know what it will taste like in a few years’ time you need to get some in your cellar now – we’ve only 40 bottles left!)

And the PINK NV:

“A fine rosé. Delicate, prickly pink rhubarb and summer berry fruit. Soaring but subtle acidity, scented with rose hips. Mouthwatering with just a hint of the creamy sweetness of perfectly baked meringue.” – Oz Clarke & Tom Surgey

We’re stoked that two gems of the English wine world are so keen on our wines and suggest you catch their YouTube channel - Oz and Tom’s Wine Heroes.

It would appear we have three of the plucky little blighters!

This year there is more to enjoy in English Wine Week than ever. Having had our wines made under Emma Rice’s expert eye at Hattingley from 2015 to 2021, in 2022 we took the plunge and built our own winery and now, at long last, we are releasing our completely home-made wines – both grown and made here on the Grange estate in the Upper Itchen Valley – and they are more than standing up to Emma’s excellent example…

Our Thursday Lates are now in full swing at the winery which, it turns out, is the PERFECT spot to enjoy a glass of award-winning English sparkling wine and a bite to eat while being bathed in the fabulous golden light of the setting sun. Whether you're bringing a friend for a chat or sharing a bottle with friends, the wines are served perfectly chilled from the back of our Landrover Bar and will pair beautifully with whatever that week’s food-truck is producing – it’s a match made in heaven…

If you want a more in-depth experience there's never been a better time to visit. Since planting our first vines in 2011 we've been focused on creating exceptional English sparkling wines that reflect the unique character of our vineyard and today, visitors can learn about that journey for themselves through our much-lauded vineyard tours and tastings. You will learn about what goes on in the vineyard and what then happens to our grapes in the winery – finishing up of course with a guided tasting of our current releases.

English Wine Week is a celebration of the people, places and wines that make this industry so exciting. This year, we're celebrating Gold medals, Trophy-winning wines, long summer evenings and the meteoric rise of English wine…

A GIFT FOR YOU:

To help you celebrate we'll be offering Magnums at 20% off when you order before 28th June 2026!

Happy English Wine Week from everyone at The Grange!

“The micra has got to go” was the very surprising statement made by our youngest son. Previously he had said, in a variety of ways but with equal weight, “That car means more to me than any family pet.”

I take it to a man in a booth at a shopping centre a few miles away with our elder two children following in another car.  The man steps out of his booth and says “bloody hell, has Shrek been living in that?” As with any family member, we can make jokes but other people can’t and I give him a black look.  After much tapping on his iPad he says he can offer me £180.  I mutely nod.  We take photographs because we all feel this is a little bit of a moment.

A woman walks out of Pets At Home nearby and glances at the car.  “they really do buy any car.com” I say.  “Oh I bet that car’s got a lot of memories” she says and I instantly warm to a stranger who gets this. “It really has” I say, remembering the time Will gave it two punctures on Christmas Eve.

Two days later, with a micra shaped hole haunting us outside the house, we have a car crisis because four people need to go in four different directions.  The available car is making terrible grinding noises and everyone is late for everything.  “Who knew” says Alf who is about to miss an appointment, “that the micra was the glue holding this family together.”

Day: Every Thursday from May until it gets too cold in September,
Time: 5:30pm – 9pm,
Where: The Winery, Alresford Road, Itchen Stoke, Alresford, SO24 0QW

We’re back for 2026 with Thursday Lates, starting this May. No need to book – just turn up and grab a seat!

Line ups:

MAY

21^st – Field & Furnace

28^th - Pala Food

JUNE

11^th – Field & Furnace

18^th – Chaat Street food

25^th – Pala Food

JULY

2nd – Becka Cooper

9^th – OFM

16^th – Down D’Islands

23^rd – Chaat Street Food

30^th – Pala Food

AUGUST

6^th – OFM

13^th – Forte Kitchen

20^th – Field & Furnace

27^{th –} Pala Food

SEPTEMBER

3^rd – Field & Furnace

What started as an after-work get together for the team (on a Friday) has blossomed into a perfect way to spend a relaxing Thursday evening - lovely food, award-winning wine and those beautiful sunset views.

Khal, our Events supremo, has upped the décor and the comfort levels, so you can enjoy it even better (though there will still be some straw bales…), come on over and make the most of his fantastic work!

We love getting together with other people who also make fabulous things and this year we have 18 new Makers along with our regular favourites.

Art, books, brocante, ceramics, clothes, vintage textiles, baskets, bags, candles, organic sausages, belts, jewellery, t-shirts… along with a liberal sploosh of olive oil, cordials, honey, bath oils, wine and other delicious Christmas essentials.

There’s Coop’s pop-up cafe for lunch, Hannah’s van for coffee and cake and, of course, our Land Rover fizz bar.

Take a look at the names joining us for this year's curation:

Nick McMillen - Bark weaving and botanical charcoal drawings that unveil the hidden wonders of the woods.

Mollie McMillen - Contemporary Basket Maker and Willow Weaver in Hampshire. Specialising in woven fence panels, garden arches, coffins, baskets, and seating restoration.

True Grace - Hand-poured scented candles, made using renewable vegetable and natural waxes.

Mariana London - Luxury artisan soap, bath oil, body butter, reed diffusers and other bathroom gifts, handmade in small batches.

Lucia Constant - Handmade ceramics.

Beyond the Barn  - Floral design studio offering wreaths and seasonal displays.

Sarah Tyssen  - Woven textiles, scarves, blankets and journals.

The Stores  - Sustainable homewares, clothing, preservatives and beautifully curated offerings from the brilliant Hambledon store.

Fine Fettle - Elderberry Syrup

Acre & Holt  - Tweed clothing and accessories for gardeners and people who live, love and work outdoors.

Forget Me Not London  - Nightwear, dressing gowns, kaftans, pyjamas, bags.

Two & One -Authentic and healthy olive oil crafted by British hands in Spain.

Bespoke Block Printing  - Block-printed textiles

Fifi Leuchars  - Decorative antiques and objets.

Louise Brown   - Willow weaving and baskets.

Silo Studio - Design studio consisting of Hannah’s artwork as well as homewares. Cushions and ceramics.

Faite Design - Hand-embroidered t-shirts and clothing.

The Silk Road -  Vintage coats and stunning textiles.

Jonathan Garratt  -Terracotta plant pots, sculpture and glazed slipware from local clays.

Augustine Jewels - Successful British luxury jewellery brand now sold globally.

Maiden T Shirts - Original t-shirts with printed designs.

Noble & Stace - Hampshire chocolatiers - truffles, tablettes and choclates. Perhaps some even containing our wines...

Ant Elias - Hand-crafted and tailored womenswear designed in UK and using the craft, fabric and technique of Lebanese artisans.

Eliza Beatrice London - Leather belts in brilliant designs and colours.

Eland Books  - An unrivalled collection of books about the world and its societies. Keeping the best of travel writing alive.

Rufena - Italian olive oil

The Hudson Honey  - Delicious jars of local honey.

The Grange Wild Venison - Organic wild venison sausages from The Grange estate.

Islands Chocolate  - Truly delicious and ethical cocoa products. Chocolate buttons, spreads and cocoa powder. Stocked in Fortnum & Mason.

“No Name” - Selection of waistcoats handmade in Pakistan.

... and a few more purveyors of all things home and handmade.

See you on the 27th November!

In 2024, The Grange were very proud to enter into a partnership with The Goldsmiths’ Company to become the official English sparkling wine of the Company and Goldsmiths’ Fair.

Every autumn, Goldsmiths’ Fair brings together a curated selection of the UK’s best contemporary jewellers and silversmiths. Each exhibitor has a unique approach to working with precious metals, fusing techniques and inspirations in innovative ways. Together, their work demonstrates the breadth and depth of talent in precious metalwork in the UK today.

With this year’s event now coming up, it seems the perfect opportunity to shine a spotlight on the dazzling event and encourage you all to grab a ticket. We are delighted to be able to offer you these at 50% off by entering this code at checkout – Grange50

Goldsmiths’ Fair 2025

Week One: 23rd -28th September | Week Two: 30th September – 5th October

50% OFF TICKETS with code Grange50 – Goldsmiths’s Fair Tickets 2025

The Goldsmith's Fair is the leading selling exhibition of contemporary jewellery and silver made by more than 130 of the most talented craftspeople working in the UK today and is held over two weeks every autumn in the beautiful Goldsmiths' Hall, London, with exhibitors changing between Week One and Week Two. It serves as a platform for the launch of new work within the jewellery industry, with curated selections and awards for innovative and exciting creations.

It is also a supporter of emerging talent, highlighting The Emerging Business Bursary Scheme which was created to celebrate and nurture talent in the design and making of jewellery and contemporary silver. Goldsmiths’ Fair 2025 has 10 Bursary stands available for emerging makers who may not have access to university education or indeed would previously not have qualified due to age-related parameters.

Of 2025’s 136 exhibitors, there will be 15 craftspeople that will be exhibiting at Goldsmiths’ Fair for the first time: 5 new exhibitors and the 10 makers that form the second ever cohort of the new Emerging Business Bursary scheme:

The 2025 Exhibitors

Emerging Business Bursary Recipients 2025

Lucy Anderson | Isabella Bedlington | Monica Findlay | Wenyin Jiang | Liu Yang | Alice Biolo | Emma Lawrence | Francisca Onumah | Alewijn Slingerland

The Goldsmiths’ Company

The Goldsmiths’ Company is a cultural institution and membership organisation – one of the Great Twelve City of London Livery Companies. The Company advances the trade and craft of silversmithing and jewellery through training, exhibitions and fairs, operates the London Assay Office which protects the trade and consumers by testing and hallmarking precious metals, and works with charitable, educational, and cultural partners to improve life chances for people.

Established in 1327 and now with over 1500 active members the Company has contributed to national life for eight centuries. In 2027, it will celebrate it's 700th anniversary.

Here is the link to book your tickets - Goldsmiths's Fair Tickets 2025

Every Thursday from May 22nd – September 11th, 5:30pm – 8.30pm, The Winery, Alresford Road, Itchen Stoke, Alresford, SO24 0QW

We started Thursday Lates in August last year as a way of showcasing our wines to any one with a half hour to spare but it quickly grew to be a popular place for friends to meet for a quiet evening. It‘s rustic - hay bales, fire-pits, pallet tables and deck chairs sheltered from any shower (heaven forbid!) by the canopy of the winery and bathed in the golden light of the sinking sun, setting the dark steel of the winery ablaze…

I have only done one really practical thing in my life which is when I sucked a Hama bead out of our son’s left nostril using a straw.  He was 2.  That I mention this quite often, 19 years later, is because that Hama bead is my proudest moment as a mother, a little beacon of common sense in an otherwise pretty arid landscape, which may explain why I thought a bird had crashed into the greenhouse and a vandal had sprinkled concrete powder around the veg beds.

Shards of glass continued to drop as I moved around so I went outside to look for a potential culprit - a dead bird on the ground.  I walked round paths that were peculiarly greyish white.  On closer inspection I identified a layer of dandelion fluff such as I’d never seen.  I sent photos to Zam.  Willow he declared.  And the greenhouse… well it was possible that a tiny stone had been thrown up by his mowing, unnoticed by us the evening before but creating a dink, which later shattered.

I was incredibly nice about it.  Because just for once ….

It has however left the seedlings we are not going to eat - the salad and tomatoes have been binned - vulnerable to frost.  And it’s all about the F word this week because following that little heatwave, the temperature is falling and a polar air mass is coming. As he keeps saying while watching the weather app 24 hours a day.   I wouldn’t dream of mentioning the tomatoes.

We are clearing out my mother’s house … a desk full of blue Sellotape tins that now hold bent paper clips and desiccated rubber bands.  There are photographs of people we can’t identify, ration books, her school certificate, unfinished rolls of tapestry, incomplete sets of playing cards, discoloured bits of tissue paper.  That’s just the top drawer.   We have filled three skips from the cupboards and when we began we dithered over what to chuck but now, now we’re getting pretty ruthless.

Although I find it incredibly hard to throw anything with human handwriting on it, including pocket diaries from 1983 in which my father itemises every expense (“fuel £10.20, parking 10p”) and their address book which has been by the telephone as long as I can remember.  An address book. Imagine.

And then we tackled the larder … and the wine.  I took about 11 bottles of white wine home.  These have price tickets in francs and lire so I can see they were cheap in the first place.  They have not stood the test of time and of the 5 we have opened, 5 have been poured down the sink. Zam says he’ll use the rest for vinegar.  My mother would approve.  She never threw anything away.