Much planning and dreaming has gone into the idea of a small artisan, organic vineyard and ‘community wine’. Professional soil tests and consultations have been done, vines ordered and planting of DIVICO and SOLARIS took place in May 2026. We survived the driest summer on record with 10 lost vine plants (out of 430),

Lynsted Community Vineyard, is a separate entity from Lynsted Community Kitchen Garden, though they sit happily side by side in the 7 acre community field and hold the same ethos of community and sustainability.

In this early stage the research is being done by kitchen-garden volunteers under the guidance of Jeremy H. We also have a biochemist, Luke, to advise with compost teas, and other brews to support soil and vine health. We are indebted to Elvis and Kresse for their time and knowledge-sharing (they run a beautiful organic/regenerative agriculture vineyard in neighbouring Painters Forstal).

We hope that the vineyard will draw fresh interest and a new group of visitors to the community garden/field. We believe that for those following our journey with organic and regenerative viticulture there will be valuable lessons learnt about sustainable growing. There will be mistakes along on the way and organic vines aren’t easy but we are up for the challenge. Most importantly, we hope to extend the benefits of the community field to a wider group of people and spread the joy of growing collaboratively. If any of this interests you, please get in touch and if you have expertise in vine growing or wine making, we would be grateful for your thoughts.

We need approx £2500 to fund the stainless steel vats, corks, labels (we will be using recycled wine bottles), and other equipment needed to make the wine. We would also like to invest in our people by enrolling a couple of them on a wine growing and wine making course. Approx £400-£1000 per person depending on the length and nature of the course.