Mist over bracken and upland pasture in Bannau Brycheiniog

OCHRAM

Bannau Brycheiniog · Cymru

Small-batch wines from the Welsh mountains.

Croeso

A vineyard at the mountain edge

Ochram is a small vineyard and wine producer in Bannau Brycheiniog, on the slopes of the Blorenge in Monmouthshire.

We are establishing our vineyard on a steep south-facing hillside of pasture, hedgerows and open sky, growing varieties selected for the Welsh climate and working with the landscape rather than trying to remake it.

Our own vines are still establishing. In the meantime, our first wines are made from fruit grown at Pen-y-Clawdd, an established Monmouthshire vineyard that we manage nearby.

This is where Ochram begins.

Looking out from beneath the trees across the valley below the Blorenge

Wildflower cover crop on the Ochram slope

Ein Gwinoedd

Our Wines

Our first wines are made in small quantities from fruit grown in Monmouthshire. Different in character, but connected by freshness, cool-climate acidity and an intention to let the fruit speak clearly.

Evening over the vines at Pen-y-Clawdd, Monmouthshire — Pen-y-Clawdd, Monmouthshire — the established vineyard producing the first Ochram vintages.

In the rows at Pen-y-Clawdd.

The four Ochram wines: Gwawr, Awel, Ewyn and Seren

Rosé

Gwawrdawn

Dry Welsh Rosé

Fresh, dry and fruit-forward. A bright rosé made for food, friends and long evenings.

Monmouthshire · Small batch

First release 2027

White

Awelbreeze

Dry Welsh White

An aromatic, dry white shaped by the naturally bright acidity of grapes grown in the Welsh climate. Fresh, expressive and made for the table.

Monmouthshire · Small batch

First release 2027

Col Fondo

Ewynfoam

Bottle-Fermented Sparkling White

A less polished kind of sparkling wine — bottle fermented, lightly sparkling and left with its lees.

Made in tiny quantities and allowed to retain a little wildness.

Monmouthshire · Unfiltered · Small batch

First release 2027

Sparkling Rosé

Serenstar

Traditional Method

A sparkling rosé made slowly.

The first bottles are spending their time on lees before release.

Monmouthshire · Traditional Method

Cellaring · Release anticipated 2030

Working the steep Ochram slope, the valley falling away beyond

Y Winllan

Below the Blorenge

The Ochram vineyard sits on the lower slopes of the Blorenge, inside Bannau Brycheiniog — where the cultivated landscape begins to give way to the mountains.

The site is steep, south-facing and exposed to the changing Welsh weather. Hedgerows divide the fields, the ground falls towards the valley and the mountain is almost always somewhere in view.

We are planting the vineyard here because of the place, not despite it.

Vines: 3,330; Vines
Hectare: One; Hectare
Varieties: Four; Varieties

Pinotin · Solaris · Rinot · Souvignier Gris

Working through the vine canopy in summer

Ein Hanes

Ochram

Ochram started with a piece of marginal hillside and the question of whether it could become something more.

The ground has been cleared and improved, hedgerows replanted and the vineyard laid out across the slope.

Rather than forcing familiar grape varieties into an unfamiliar climate, we are planting varieties chosen to suit the site and growing them with as little intervention as practical.

While those vines establish, Pen-y-Clawdd gives us the opportunity to make wine now — to work with established vines, learn from each vintage and begin defining what Ochram wine should be.

This is a vineyard being built slowly.

Cysylltu

Wine & Enquiries

Our wines are produced in small quantities and are available directly from Ochram.

If you would like to order wine, please contact us by email or telephone.

Wine can be ordered in cases of six and may be collected or delivered by arrangement. Delivery is free on orders of 12 bottles or more.

We are a small producer and keep things personal, so please get in touch if you would like to know what is currently available.

Email: croeso@ochram-wine.co.uk
Telephone: 07845 311560
Instagram: @gwinllan.ochram

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