Rob Hemphill has been a professional winemaker making wine for over 20 years, and has run a modern wine and winemaking business in the UK. If you are looking for information about making wine at home, you are sure to find a wealth of useful stuff here.
From planting and growing vines in his own vineyards right through making, marketing and selling the wine, he has a great deal of experience of the wine trade. After building and equipping a modern stainless steel winery, the business soon grew to include contract winemaking - making exclusive wines for other professional wine growers.
Numerous wines made in our winery achieved international acclaim in some of the major world wine competitions. Rob is now concentrating more on his wine writing and photography. By using his wealth of experience in wine and general winemaking practices, he now wants to help other enthusiasts in their quest for wine knowledge. So whether you just intend to source wine related stuff or would like to become a competent home winemaker, I'm sure you'll find some useful stuff right here.
If you are new to winemaking or know a fair bit about it, you should be able to find what you are looking for. For more general wine info, have a look at Understanding Wine: A Beginners Guide.
A few fun quizzes to test you over a glass or two!
Wine Quiz | French Wine Quiz | Champagne Quiz | Winemaking Quiz
I hope you've found what you're looking for, and please recommend the site to fellow home wine making enthusiasts.
Thank you for your visit!
"Wine is bottled poetry"
Robert Louis Stevenson