Wolds Wine Estate

Wolds Wine Estate: A Nottinghamshire Vineyard, Glamping Retreat and Café

Nestled in the rolling South Nottinghamshire countryside between Keyworth and the Vale of Belvoir, Wolds Wine Estate is a family-run vineyard that has quickly become one of the East Midlands' most exciting agritourism destinations. Planted in March 2020, the estate combines natural English winemaking, craft cider production, a working farm with sheep, pigs and bees, four luxury vineyard glamping pods, a panoramic café, and a curated shop of local artisan produce. Its tagline, "Good Times, Naturally", captures the spirit of a place built around simple pleasures: fresh local food, English sparkling wine, countryside walks and time spent with the people you love.

The Story Behind the Estate

Wolds Wine Estate is the vision of a family whose heritage stretches back into farming and viticulture. After spending time working on wine estates in Italy, including one of the oldest wineries in Umbria, Rob returned to the UK determined to develop an English vineyard that honoured both his Italian learnings and the unique character of the Nottinghamshire Wolds. His wife Louise brought her own experience from the wine and fruit estates of Northern Italy together with a customer-first approach that would shape the brand. Together with family members Raffaella, who grew up in the wine-producing mountains of Northern Italy, and Roger, an original Lincolnshire lad and successful entrepreneur who manages the estate grounds, they founded the estate on four guiding values: a perfectionist approach to grape and bottle, care for the environment and ecosystem, engagement with the local community, and most importantly, having fun with the people they love.

The site sits at the junction of Thurlby Lane, Browns Lane and Stanton Lane in Stanton-on-the-Wolds, Nottinghamshire NG12 5BS (sat nav users should use NG12 5BE). What3Words: ambitions.manifests.slippers. It is an easy 20 - 25 minute drive from Nottingham and Loughborough stations, served by The Keyworth by Trent Barton bus, and reachable via the NottsBus on Demand service from anywhere in Rushcliffe.

The Vineyard and the Wines

The vineyard covers more than 3.3 acres and is made up of over 4,000 vines, split between two distinct fields:

• The Champagne Field - planted with the classic Champagne trio of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier, intended to produce a traditional-method English Sparkling Wine.
• The Glamping Field - planted with Solaris (white) and Rondo (red), the workhorse varieties that produce the estate's still and sparkling cuvées.

The first two years of vine life were spent establishing the root system and a single shoot that would become each vine's main trunk. After an intensive pruning regime in the first three years, removing tendrils, lateral shoots and any premature fruit, the vines are now producing in earnest. Heavy pruning takes place every April, with harvest in September and October. All fruit is processed in the on-site winery.

Wolds Wine Estate is a committed natural-wine producer. The winemakers ferment the wines using wild yeasts naturally present in the vineyard, do not filter or fine them, and bottle with nothing added and nothing taken away. The sparkling wines are made in a Pét-Nat style, with the sparkle coming from in-bottle fermentation by wild yeasts and natural grape sugars. The 2024 vintage was the first release of Wolds Wine Estate wines.

Estate Cuvées

• Solay: Fizzy White - a blend of Solaris and Chardonnay grapes. Highlighted in The Standard as "one of the best English wines to drink in 2024". £25.00 per bottle.
• Pink Rush: Fizzy Pink - the estate's sparkling pink. £25.00 per bottle.

Matt Gregory Wines at the Estate

The estate is also home to the Matt Gregory Wines cellar. Matt is a globally travelled winemaker whose résumé includes stints at Italian family vineyards, famous Champagne houses and Chilean boutique wineries, as well as time with Theo Coles of The Hermit Ram in New Zealand. His low-intervention, "step away from the chemistry set" approach produces small-batch ancestral wines from his own vineyard in Burton-on-the-Wolds, Leicestershire. Varieties bottled at the estate include:

• Fizzy White - £28.50
• Little Sister: Still Light Red - £27.50
• Coral: Still Pink - £27.50
• Hedge Line: Still White - £26.50 (orange-style skin-contact white)
• The Italian Red: Still Red - £25.85

Mixed cases are also available: a Mixed Case of Wines & Ciders for £90.00 or a Mixed Case of Ciders for £70.00.

The Cider Orchard and the Bees

Planting began in 2022 on a traditional cider orchard made up of mixed cider-apple and perry-pear varieties. The orchard is pesticide-free, with all fruit hand-picked for the ciders. Adjacent to the Estate house sits a smaller collection of old fruit trees that supply part of the fruit for the award-winning ciders. The current cider range includes:

• Still Wild Cider - £12.00
• Still Wild in Oak Cider - £12.00
• Grape Fusion Sparkling Cider - £12.00
• Grape Fusion Sparkling Cider: Rondo and Solaris Edition - £12.00
• Blackberry Fusion Sparkling Cider - £12.00
• Pulp Friction Sparkling Ciderkin - £12.00
• Unhampered: Sparkling Cider - £12.00

Vines self-pollinate, but the estate keeps bees anyway, with six hives holding up to 50,000 bees each, to support biodiversity and produce local Nottinghamshire honey. The estate honey sells for £7.00 a jar in the shop.

The Sheep, the Pigs and the Wider Estate

The 11-acre estate is managed with nature in mind. A neighbouring farmer's sheep graze the fields as a natural grass-management system (although they have a reputation as expert escape artists, so they are carefully rotated away from the vines). Two friendly pigs root around the fields, eat up grape and apple pomace after pressing, and are favourites with glampers. The whole ecosystem is designed to give back to the soil that grows the vines.

The Vineyard Café

Architecturally designed to frame the vineyard and cider orchard, the 80-cover Vineyard Café opened in April 2026 and is the social heart of the estate. Its culinary philosophy is simple: fresh, honest and local. The kitchen works closely with local farmers and artisans to showcase the region's seasonal bounty, paired with the estate's own wines and ciders.

What the Café Serves

• Breakfast (9.30am to 12 noon, last orders 11.30am): full fry-ups with locally sourced bacon, sausages and black pudding, plus healthy lighter options.
• Lunch (12 noon to 3pm, last orders 2.45pm): small plates, proper sandwiches and traditional dishes.
• Cheese and Charcuterie sharing platters.
• Sunday Roasts with all the trimmings (summer Sunday lunch menu runs from the last full Sunday lunch on 21st June).
• Cakes and Bakes, including house and locally made sweet treats.
• Kids Meals available at all meal times.
• Vineyard Sips: the estate's wines and ciders, locally roasted coffee and other craft beverages.

Saturday Social

After the 2pm Vineyard Tour on Saturdays, the café hosts its Saturday Social from 4pm to 5.30pm, offering drinks, cakes, bar snacks and platters, with last orders at 5pm. Booking and pre-ordering of platters is required.

Café Opening Hours

• Monday - CLOSED (open 9.30am to 4pm on Bank Holiday Mondays)
• Tuesday - CLOSED
• Wednesday - 9.30am to 3pm (closed the day after a Bank Holiday Monday)
• Thursday - 9.30am to 3pm
• Friday - 9.30am to 3pm
• Saturday - 9.30am to 5.30pm
• Sunday - 9.30am to 4pm

The café is fully accessible to wheelchair users and prams, accepts well-behaved dogs on short leads in both indoor and outdoor seating, has secure bicycle parking and offers free on-site parking. The dining room is also available for private hire (weddings, hen parties, birthdays, baby showers, funerals and wakes) - email vineyardcafe@woldswineestate.com for details.

The Vineyard Shop

The Vineyard Shop is a relaxed countryside space where visitors can browse and taste the best of the estate's wines alongside a curated selection of local artisan produce. In addition to the wines, ciders and honey made on site, the shop stocks jams and curds, pickles and chutneys, handmade chocolates, small-batch craft beers, English malt whisky and gins, and cakes, biscuits and bakery items from local makers. The shop opens in line with the café. Online orders ship via Royal Mail 48 at £9.99 delivery.

The Luxury Glamping Pods

The vineyard is home to four privately placed, well-spaced luxury glamping pods - two for couples and two for families - each finished to a high standard with vineyard views, private sun decks, fire pit BBQs, fully equipped kitchenettes, proper bathrooms, double glazing, central heating and their own Wi-Fi. Pods come with five-star hotel-quality bedding and towels and are perfect for romantic, active or family getaways.

Pod Summary

• Pinot Noir - 1 bedroom, "Alpine style" with a classic wooden interior, sleeps 2. Prices start at £280 for 2 nights.
• Solaris - 1 bedroom, Farrow & Ball classic white interior, sleeps 2. Prices start at £280 for 2 nights.
• Rondo - 2 bedroom "Alpine style" (master double plus a second bedroom configurable as double or twin), sleeps up to 4. Prices start at £330 for 2 nights.
• Chardonnay - 2 bedroom pod (master double plus second bedroom as double or twin), sleeps up to 4.

Glamping Booking Rules

• Check-in is from 15.30, check-out by 10am.
• Minimum stay: 3 nights on Bank Holidays and Christmas (excluding NYE); 1 night Monday to Thursday in term time; 2 nights at all other times.
• No pets (it is a working farm).
• Non-smoking pods, no candles or naked flames.
• Bookings more than 90 days ahead require a 30% deposit, with the balance due 90 days before arrival.
• Free travel cots and high chairs available on request.

Current Special Offers

• Sundays for £1 - stay 7+ nights and get the Sunday night for £1.
• Sundays for £50 - stay 3+ nights over the weekend and get Sunday for £50, or upgrade to a late Sunday check-out.
• Stay 2 Nights (Mon - Thu) - save £10 per night.
• Stay 3 Nights (Mon - Thu) - save £20 per night.
• Stay 4+ Nights (Mon - Thu) - save £30 per night.

All offers are automatically applied at booking - no codes needed.

Groups, Hen Parties and Celebrations

The estate welcomes group bookings and hen parties but is unfortunately unable to host stag parties. For larger groups, a dedicated communal space, affectionately known as the Hen House, and a covered barn called the BarN provide ample room to gather. Both can be decorated to suit the occasion (no confetti, please). Organised group activities include private vineyard tours and tastings, cocktail making classes, and flower crown making workshops.

Vineyard Tours and Tastings

The estate's Public Vineyard Tour and Tasting runs on Saturdays at 11am and 2pm from May to October. The fully guided estate tour covers the cider orchard and vineyard with stops to discuss English viticulture, cider making and life on the Estate, finishing with an informal tasting of six drinks, a combination of the estate's wines and ciders and locally made wines (with at least four wines on the tasting board). Tours last roughly 1.5 to 2 hours.

• 11am tour: £25.00 per person
• 2pm tour: £30.00 per person

Tickets must be pre-booked. Tour participants must be aged 18 or over; the route across uneven ground is not suitable for buggies or wheelchairs, but seating is provided at each stop. Free parking is available on site. After the 2pm tour, guests are invited to join the Saturday Social in the café from 4pm to 5.30pm.

Private and Corporate Tours

Private Vineyard Tours & Tastings can be arranged for groups of up to 10, starting from £300. Prices depend on preferred start time, day of the week and season. A bespoke Corporate Wine Day package is also available, from 1.5 hours to a full-day hire, with options including working space in the rustic barn, vineyard tour and tasting, food and games. Email info@woldswineestate.com for a tailored quote.

Gift Cards

Both Vineyard Tour Gift Cards and Glamping Gift Cards can be purchased online. Tour gift cards can also be used in the café and shop, valid for 365 days from purchase.

Things to Do Locally

With footpaths crossing the estate and the Vale of Belvoir on the doorstep, there is plenty to fill a weekend. Local attractions and activities within easy reach include:

• Active outdoors: country walks (with downloadable maps to local pubs), cycling routes from a short 8-mile Wysall loop to a 50-mile Belvoir Ridge Challenge, and Stanton on the Wolds Golf Club.
• Wellness: Ragdale Hall Spa (12 mins drive) and Eden Hall Spa (18 mins drive).
• Food and drink: country pubs including The Plough at Normanton (1.8 miles), The Salutation at Keyworth (1.6 miles), The Griffin at Plumtree (2 miles), The Airhostess at Tollerton (3 miles), The Rancliffe Arms at Bunny (3.6 miles) and The Plough at Wysall (4 miles); plus restaurants such as Perkins Bar & Bistro (1.5 miles), Restaurant Sat Bains (7 miles, two Michelin stars) and Restaurant Jericho (14.5 miles).
• Family days out: Belvoir Castle and The Engine Yard, Wollaton Park and Hall (used as Wayne Manor in The Dark Knight Rises), Holme Pierrepont Country Park / National Water Sports Centre, Sherwood Forest, Nottingham Castle, Twin Lakes, Spring Lakes, the National Space Centre, Green's Windmill & Science Centre, Manor Farm, White Post Farm and Alton Towers.

Taxis can be booked in advance through DJM (0115 989 3040) or Key Kars (0115 937 6999), or on the day via Uber.

Press and Recognition

Since its launch, Wolds Wine Estate has built a quiet reputation among the country's English-wine enthusiasts. Coverage includes a glowing piece in Metro's "Best Budget UK Breaks", a "Top 5 Glamping Spots in Nottinghamshire" feature by Girl About Nottinghamshire, mentions on BBC Radio Nottingham, and Instagram coverage by SarahSlims_again. In 2024 the Solay sparkling white was listed as one of the best English wines to drink by The Standard. The estate has also been featured on Cool Places.

Find Us

• Address: Wolds Wine Estate, Thurlby Lane, Stanton-on-the-Wolds, Nottinghamshire NG12 5BS (Sat Nav: NG12 5BE)
• What3Words: ambitions.manifests.slippers
• Phone: 01157 365 037
• Email: info@woldswineestate.com (glamping, tours & general) / vineyardcafe@woldswineestate.com (café)
• WhatsApp: contact for tours and glamping is available on the Contact page
• Social: Facebook, Instagram, Threads, LinkedIn

Whether you arrive for a Saturday tour and tasting, a long lunch overlooking the vines, a weekend in one of the four luxury glamping pods, or simply to pick up a bottle of natural English wine and a jar of estate honey, Wolds Wine Estate offers a taste of Nottinghamshire at its most genuine.