Flint Vineyard

Ben Witchell’s interest in wine quickly developed into an obsession and eventual lifelong passion, leading him to quit his job in IT and enrol in the three year Oenology and Viticulture degree at Plumpton College. After graduating in 2012 with a first class degree and winning awards for ‘Top Winemaking Student’ and ‘Best Research Project’, Ben moved to Beaujolais, securing his first winemaking post. It was here that Ben learnt a more intuitive and creative side to winemaking, citing it as the greatest inspiration for his wines today. Now based in the sunny and sheltered Waveney Valley in South Norfolk, Flint Vineyard (named after its free-draining flint and gravel soils) produces wines from 6 hectares of vines, using a combination of innovation and respect for tradition. The focus is on high-quality, low volume still wines, using the best fruit possible. Ben and Flint Vineyard are driving the movement for serious and ever more exciting English still wines.