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                                                October 2008

              DENBIES IN CO-INOCULATION TRIAL WITH LALLEMAND

Denbies Wine Estate, England’s largest vineyard has embarked on a co inoculation trial in conjunction with Lallemand.

The process involves both the alcoholic and malolactic fermentations proceeding in unison as opposed to concurrently as is normally the case and will be performed on Chardonnay and Pinot Noir lots destined for the ultra-premium Greenfields marque.

Careful monitoring of the chemical parameters during the fermentations will further add to Lallemand’s existing co fermentation data base from around the world. Co-inoculation trials have shown that not only there is a gain of time when both processes are running simultaneously, but also it has been shown that the fruit and varietals characters are more present. It will be interesting to see if those observations are seen in this trial.

John Worontschak, Denbies Wine Estate Consultant Operations Director says, “I am very excited about the prospect of conducting both the primary and secondary fermentation simultaneously. This is a significant deviation from the norm and in my view will increase the quality of our base wines by allowing for earlier sulphuring. Furthermore, the warmth required for malolactic fermentation will come from the yeast fermentation and not through warming of the tanks post harvest. This will not only provide a cost saving but will help to reduce Denbies overall carbon footprint.

Results and a tasting of this trial will be available at the Inaugural International Sparkling Wine Symposium which is to be held at Denbies Wine Estate on the 18 March 2009.   Further information about the symposium can be found at  www.sparklingwinesymposium.com

About Denbies :

Denbies Wine Estate currently has a range of 12 wines and produces on average over 450,000 bottles of wine per annum.   In 2007 Denbies wines received outstanding recognition on an International level winning both the Sparkling wine Trophy at the 2007 International Wine Challenge and being nominated as UK Wine Producer of the Year at The International Wine and Spirit Competition.

Denbies is located in Dorking, Surrey with direct rail access from London Waterloo and Victoria mainline stations 40 minutes, Heathrow 40 minutes/ Gatwick 20 minutes.

About Lallemand: Lallemand – a leading producer of wine yeast and bacteria, and their nutrients, and a distributor of oenological enzymes – is a privately owned Canadian corporation with divisions operating around the world. The Oenology Division, based in Toulouse, France, has a major focus on research and development, both in-house and in collaboration with renowned research institutes.

ENDS 

Contact:       

Jeannette Simpson – Marketing and Business Development Manager

Tel:01306 876616 /Direct line: 01306 734651

Email: jsimpson@denbiesvineyard.co.uk/Website: www.denbies.co.uk

Denbies Wine Estate ? London Road ? Dorking ? Surrey ? RH5 6AA