Black Hand Wine

Black Hand Wine Honest wine, beer and spirits personally selected and sold by a friendly, trained winemaker specialising in organic/biodynamic/no added sulfites wines.

Please come and say hello! Real wine, spirits and beer chosen and sold by a qualified winemaker and biodynamic grapegrower with 15+ years' experience in top domaines in NZ, France and N.Spain. Particular focus on organic and biodynamic wines, plus a few 'no added sulfite' wines to boot, but the only criteria for any wine to be stocked is that it is honest and I like it. I also do red and white ref

ills from the barrel and am lucky enough to sell the odd wine I make over in Burgundy every year with my old friend and fellow oenologist Romain Chapuis. Prices start from £7 and although I charge for the wine, the knowledge comes free... please feel free to ask any questions you like about wine, wine making, food matching and more when you come to the shop. Am also happy to host private tastings on request, either at yours or at The Yard... please ask for more details. Thanks and hopefully see you soon!

First butterfly of the year *ignoring the Cabbage White at the allotment yesterday* - hurray!
26/03/2025

First butterfly of the year *ignoring the Cabbage White at the allotment yesterday* - hurray!

Spring!
17/03/2025

Spring!

Some more Spring colour… love the new wrappers on my organic Chianti Classico from a vineyard once owned by Michelangelo...
08/03/2025

Some more Spring colour… love the new wrappers on my organic Chianti Classico from a vineyard once owned by Michelangelo. Cheers!

Best night of the year? Love it - come on! Cheers! 🥞🥂
04/03/2025

Best night of the year? Love it - come on! Cheers! 🥞🥂

There are worse cities for a wine tasting… still colourful even on a grey, wet, windy day - cheers!🥂
04/03/2025

There are worse cities for a wine tasting… still colourful even on a grey, wet, windy day - cheers!🥂

A carpet of crocuses or a chorus of croci - take your pick (or rather, don’t!). Beautiful.
22/02/2025

A carpet of crocuses or a chorus of croci - take your pick (or rather, don’t!). Beautiful.

Spring is close! Quick reminder I will be in tomorrow but am away all Saturday (driving to a fancy dress party - in Dorc...
06/02/2025

Spring is close! Quick reminder I will be in tomorrow but am away all Saturday (driving to a fancy dress party - in Dorchester! 😂). Heroically, Adam will be toiling in the shop if you do need wine then - cheers! 🥂

Please do write to your local MP (Markus Campbell-Savours)and remind him that, unlike them, your wine is not subsidised ...
27/01/2025

Please do write to your local MP (Markus Campbell-Savours)and remind him that, unlike them, your wine is not subsidised and these pointless, punitive tax rises (which mean LESS revenue for the Government, not more!) are hurting small businesses and hitting discerning consumers of lovely organic wine in the pocket - again. Grrrr! 🤬🤯🥂

Consumers are being warned “to brace themselves” for the “double whammy tax grab” on drinks that is on the horizon.

Some wonderful aerial battles in the post-storm light today… cheers! 🌬️🪶🥂
26/01/2025

Some wonderful aerial battles in the post-storm light today… cheers! 🌬️🪶🥂

UFOs over the shop today… apparently ET doesn’t bother with dry January either! 👽🛸🥂
16/01/2025

UFOs over the shop today… apparently ET doesn’t bother with dry January either! 👽🛸🥂

Hello all! Just a quick reminder that Black Hand Wine, Withnail Books and Katie Mawson Art and Knitwear are now operatin...
13/01/2025

Hello all! Just a quick reminder that Black Hand Wine, Withnail Books and Katie Mawson Art and Knitwear are now operating their winter opening hours of Wednesday to Saturday, 10-5. Sorry for any inconvenience - will revert to Tuesday opening when it warms up again in the Spring - cheers! 🥶🔥🥂

Looked up from cooking this morning and there was a beautiful Bullfinch nibbling the honeysuckle buds… what a treat - ch...
07/01/2025

Looked up from cooking this morning and there was a beautiful Bullfinch nibbling the honeysuckle buds… what a treat - cheers!

Here’s wishing all our lovely customers a happy and healthy New Year… look forward to seeing you all again when we reope...
01/01/2025

Here’s wishing all our lovely customers a happy and healthy New Year… look forward to seeing you all again when we reopen on Friday, January 10. Until then, here’s something to cheer you all up - cheers! 🥂🍷

“There’s no science” to support a belief that taking a month off drinking is good for your liver, according to a gastroenterologist.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all… eat well, drink better and see you all in the New Year - cheers! 🍾🎄🍷🥂
24/12/2024

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all… eat well, drink better and see you all in the New Year - cheers! 🍾🎄🍷🥂

Dog’s in the log basket again… it must be Winter Solstice! Hope you all had a lovely one, and thank you for all your cus...
21/12/2024

Dog’s in the log basket again… it must be Winter Solstice! Hope you all had a lovely one, and thank you for all your custom and company this year. Black Hand Wine is now closed until we reopen on Friday, January 10… have a great holiday and see you all again in the New Year - cheers and Merry Christmas!

Lovely to see so many of you in the shop this week…last day tomorrow (Saturday 21st) before we shut for Christmas, reope...
20/12/2024

Lovely to see so many of you in the shop this week…last day tomorrow (Saturday 21st) before we shut for Christmas, reopening on Friday January 10 - cheers! 🥂🎄🍷🍾🥳

Address

3, Cornmarket
Penrith
CA117DA

Opening Hours

Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm

Telephone

+447497656948

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Wild geese flying over Ling Fell today... Happy Spring solstice everybody! #heavenhounds #springsolstice #wildgeese #spring #cumbria

And that’s a wrap! Only six more cuves to put into barrel left to do now... #chapuisfreres #vendanges2019 #vinification #oakbarrels #burgundy

When the ferment is too advanced for foot pigeage, it’s time to use the pigeou (plunger)... put your back into it Antoine! #chapuisfreres #pigeage #vendanges2019 #vinification #honestwine #blackhandwine

One happy little ferment! #pinotnoir #chapuisfreres #vendanges2019 #vinification #pigeage #honestwine #blackhandwine #skincareroutine

My Goodness but the Gamay is ripe! If it tastes as good as it feels (and sounds!) then the 2017 is going to be as good as the 2016 I'm bringing back for the shop next week... cheers!

Picking pretty much done except for some Gamay and Aligote and no more pigeage for the time being. It's remontage time instead which involves a lot of bucket filling and lifting... 180 x 2 today and counting!

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