"Spirit of Totnes"
GARDENING, TIPPLING and GOOD TIMES
We are based in an old garden nursery site in the lush rolling hills of Stoke Gabriel, just outside Totnes, South Devon. In among the rambling roses and sprawling honeysuckles, next to an old potting shed with a creaky door is our Wild Winery.
It is here we make our mead and brew our wild concoctions using fresh ingredients that we have either grown in our garden patch or foraged from the fields, hedgerows and the nearby shore of the River Dart.
From these wild ingredients we flavor our fortified wine tonics and herbal meads, drifting with the seasons, in tune with mother nature and dancing with the spirits as we sow and pick.
Our legendary black nettle vodka is based on a medieval monk's recipe for a fortified herbal wine tonic we came across when living in Normandy, France.
It is here we make our mead and brew our wild concoctions using fresh ingredients that we have either grown in our garden patch or foraged from the fields, hedgerows and the nearby shore of the River Dart.
From these wild ingredients we flavor our fortified wine tonics and herbal meads, drifting with the seasons, in tune with mother nature and dancing with the spirits as we sow and pick.
Our legendary black nettle vodka is based on a medieval monk's recipe for a fortified herbal wine tonic we came across when living in Normandy, France.
"Rewilding our environment"
We follow the seasons, foraging wild plants as nature presents them.
We work with nature sowing our apple pips; wildlings in among hedgerows and banks.
In spring we sow native wildflowers in meadows and orchards. We watch the wildlife come and go, like the tide of the River Dart ebbs and flows.
When collecting our wild ingredients we always ensure we leave an abundance of wild flowers, foliage and fruit for the wildlife.
We work with nature sowing our apple pips; wildlings in among hedgerows and banks.
In spring we sow native wildflowers in meadows and orchards. We watch the wildlife come and go, like the tide of the River Dart ebbs and flows.
When collecting our wild ingredients we always ensure we leave an abundance of wild flowers, foliage and fruit for the wildlife.
- In spring we are harvesting stinging nettles, dandelions, burdock root and elderflower.
- In summer we pick wormwood, wild fennel, thyme and marjoram.
- In autumn there are rowan berries, blackberries, junipers and elderberries to collect.
- In winter we hibernate, re-charge and await the abundant offering of the new season. It is a time for renewal.
"Our garden patch"
In our tiny patch of horticultural heaven we grow organic ingredients to make our mead and herbal spirits.
Plants include rhubarb, raspberries, wormwood, fennel and pink elderflower.
We grow apple espaliers on fences, grapevines on arches and a range of different gooseberries on cordons. Our red, dessert gooseberries are as big as golf balls and make the most amazing wild wines.
We call our garden patch 'Yarde Flavour Garden'
Plants include rhubarb, raspberries, wormwood, fennel and pink elderflower.
We grow apple espaliers on fences, grapevines on arches and a range of different gooseberries on cordons. Our red, dessert gooseberries are as big as golf balls and make the most amazing wild wines.
We call our garden patch 'Yarde Flavour Garden'
The European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development:
Europe investing in rural areas has supported Yarde Cider
to develop its sparkling, Méthode Traditionnelle products.
Europe investing in rural areas has supported Yarde Cider
to develop its sparkling, Méthode Traditionnelle products.
