A family farm near Alresford growing grapes for sparkling wine, with a tasting barn overlooking the vineyard for flights, glasses and grazing boards.
Augusta Raimes is the fifth generation of her family to farm at Raimes, and the vines are one crop among several. The farm grows wheat, barley and oilseed rape, and its grassland is home to a herd of pedigree horned Hereford cattle. Together with land farmed on the Tichborne Estate, it stretches from the water meadows of the River Itchen to the hills of the South Downs near Winchester. The first 10 acres of vines were planted in 2011, on south-facing chalk slopes, and given over to Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier.
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Address
Raimes Wine Barn, Broad Lane, Hinton Ampner, Alresford, SO24 0JYGetting there
The barn can be seen from the A272. Leaving Bramdean it is on the right, before Hinton Ampner House. From the Winchester or Alresford direction it is on the left, after Hinton Ampner House. The number 67 bus between Winchester and Petersfield stops at the end of the drive, at Hinton Ampner Hill.
Nearest station: Winchester · 6 mi
Opening hours
14 March 2026 – 31 December 2026: 11:00–17:00
- Closed 1 January 2027 – 31 March 2027
Closed January to March for winter pruning, except for private bookings.
Winery opening hours often vary, so it is always worth checking ahead if you are planning a visit.
