Elderflower Wine

Sourcing local, natural ingredients is at the heart of much of what we do here at Lyme Bay Winery, and nothing signals the approach of summer for us as much as elderflower picking from late May onwards. Come sunny afternoons, our pickers head out to collect the beautiful elderflowers from the hedgerows at a time their pollen is at its optimum, and they are at their most pungent.

The flowers go straight to soak on a wine base for 4-6 weeks to allow the fragrant elderflower aromas to establish, making our light, crisp and beautifully refreshing elderflower wine with a floral bouquet. Our elderflower wine is excellent chilled as a popular picnic or lunchtime wine and holds a Gold Great Taste Award.

But elderflower wine is not the only tipple we make from the beautiful blossoms of this hedgerow favourite. We have also mixed them with gooseberry to create our Gooseberry and Elderflower Wine. As a stunning alternative to white wine, Gooseberry and Elderflower wine served chilled is the perfect accompaniment to salads, fish dishes and even spicy food.