By
Stuart Eatock
ECE office visit Wiston Estate Winery
ECE arranged for the whole office to visit North Farm to see the progress on-site and a tour of the existing winery.
Project Architect, Gary Kelly, showed staff the agricultural barns which are being sensitively restored to provide hospitality spaces for the winery. Some of the original timber beams have been salvaged and will feature in the finished restoration.
Staff also had a tour of the current winery building to learn about how the award-winning English sparkling wine is made.
Plans were unanimously approved earlier this year for the remodelling and extension of the winery, which will become a local visitor attraction with a café, wine tour and direct sales facilities.
The extension and alterations to the existing winery buildings are set to provide additional production capacity for the Wiston Estate, taking their annual average from 125k bottles to 250k bottles of wine.
As outlined in the Wiston Whole Estate Plan, the vision for the site is:
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