Charlie Herring, A Ferment

We're super excited to finally stock this! Tim Phillip's Charlie Herring are some of the most exciting English wines we've seen. Nutmeg, spice, orange blossom - a really interesting white for the natural wine nerds out there. Once they're gone they're gone!

Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc
Place: Hampshire, England
ABV: 11.0%
Colour: White
Vintage: 2020

PRODUCER PROFILE

Charlie Herring is Tim Phillips. His father used to draw cartoons signed by a fictitious Charlie Herring, but throughout the years, the notion of Charlie Herring has become less fictitious and rather symbolic of a greater purpose in life. 

He grew up in Hampshire—not far from where he has settled. One day in 2007 he was cycling to his parents’ house and stopped right by a sign advertising a walled garden for sale. He poked his head in and spoke to the owners, who revealed they had just been about to give up and take the sign down due to lack of interest. 

This walled garden would become home to one acre of Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling and Chardonnay.