St. Boswells, Scottish Borders
Templars Oak Vineyard
A young cool-climate vineyard in the Scottish Borders, growing fruit for traditional-method sparkling wine.
Early-stage vineyard
Cool-climate vines for a Borders sparkling wine.
The vines are young and the first release is still ahead. For now, the work is in the rows: pruning, soil, weather windows, and fruit that can hold the bright acidity this style needs.
Journal
Latest from the vineyard
Notes from the rows as the vineyard moves toward its first sparkling wine.
Weather data as a vineyard habit
The on-site weather station helps with frost watch, disease pressure, drying windows, and the timing of work in the rows.
Why sparkling wine makes sense here
A cool site, bright acidity, and careful vineyard work point naturally toward traditional-method sparkling wine.On-site weather station
Weather that shapes the fruit.
Temperature, rain, wind, and leaf wetness all feed into practical choices in a cool vineyard: frost watch, canopy work, disease pressure, and picking decisions.
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Weather in the rows
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Newsroom
Press and media
Coverage, announcements, and vineyard films as Templars Oak becomes more visible.
ArticleA toast to Scotland's budding wine industry
FSS highlights Scotland's growing wine sector and references Lorna Jackson's Scottish Borders vineyard as part of that momentum.ArticleThe last miracle of St Boswell? How a Scottish potato field became a sparkling wine vineyard
A feature on Lorna and Trevor Jackson planting vines in a former potato field at St Boswells and bottling Borders Bubbly.
ArticleSt Boswells vineyard couple create Scotland's first Champagne-style wine
The Scotsman reports on the St Boswells vineyard and the couple behind Borders Bubbly, grown from a former potato field in the Scottish Borders.Social
In the field
New growth, weather windows, pruning, and small moments from the rows.
Contact
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For early media enquiries, trade conversations, or questions about the vineyard, send a note here.