Driven by family, innovation and the pursuit of excellence

Our story starts with family. When you make a wine with passion, you can taste it. Our family at Bluestone have given us the freedom to pursue the best quality wines with a true passion for learning and innovation. The family we have is our brothers, our sisters, parents, children, relatives, friends and community. We belive this is our secret ingredient.

The 42 acre Cholderton family farm, home to the rare breeds farm, welcomes over 30,000 visitors per year. For generations, our family have focused on providing quality family time in the Wiltshire countryside. Bluestone has been born from this tradition, and our sparkling wines strive to create similar memorable experiences for all those who drink it, whether with us amongst the vines at our tasting table or with your loved ones at home.

History and winemaking

The name of our vineyard is taken from the Stonehenge World Heritage site a few minutes from our farm. You can find the unique bluestones at Stonehenge, and the name is a reminder of the history we inherited with our land. Brothers Nat and Toby McConnell planted 10 acres of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier on the family farm in 2016, having returned home following successful careers in biomedical science research and luxury yachting, respectively. You can read more about our vineyard here.

Since planting our vines, the brothers have teamed up with Chef de Cave Hervé Jestin at Hambledon, England’s oldest commercial vineyard, to make the wine. Nat and Toby release a very limited run of their exclusive Cuvées each year, so working with a state of the art facility like Hambledon was an important step in our pursuit for excellent quality. The grapes are pressed as gently as possible using the top of the range Coquard PAI presses, preserving the purity of the fruit flavour and capturing the essence of the fruit and its terroir.

Each wine is blended by the brothers in collaboration with Hervé and rested for a period on lees and under cork following disgorgement, only to be released when the wine is ready and at its finest.

Always striving

At the core of everything we do at Bluestone is a thirst for learning. We aspire to make every Cuvée release the best one yet. From the intimate knowledge of every parcel of our vines to state of the art winemaking, from blending the base wines into each vintage’s story to choosing the ideal release time.

Try our range of sparkling wines here.