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Vineyards · North Wales
Vineyards to visit in North Wales
Four vineyards in North Wales take visitors, from Anglesey to the Vale of Clwyd. None is far from the A55, but they are far enough from each other that a day needs planning, and three of the four only show you round if you have booked.
The four at a glance
From each vineyard’s own website, checked in November 2026. A dash means the vineyard doesn’t say.
| Vineyard | Where | Open | Tours and tastings | Good to know |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gwinllan Conwy | Y Gwinwydd, Llangwstenin, Llandudno Junction LL31 9JF | Shop Wednesday to Friday 12pm to 4pm, Saturday 10am to 3pm | Tours and tastings with the owner on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, booked through its events calendar. Tour vouchers from £25 | No under-18s on tours, no dogs, no coaches. Groups up to 24. Car park on site |
| Pant Du | County Road, Penygroes, Gwynedd LL54 6HE | Café Wednesday to Sunday, 10am to 4.30pm | Ask about guided tours of the vineyard and orchard. Afternoon tea is booked ahead, and booking is recommended for breakfast | Dogs on leads on the patio only. Also makes cider, apple juice and spring water |
| Red Wharf Bay Vineyard | Pentraeth, Anglesey | Booked tours only, on set dates or by arrangement | Tour with three wines and Anglesey tapas, £29 a head; £8 for 14 to 17 year olds, who don’t taste. Up to 16 people | Dogs and small children free; mention them when booking. Slopes and uneven ground |
| Vale Vineyard | Dre Goch Isaf, Llandyrnog, near Denbigh LL16 4HY | Tours only, May to September | Two-hour guided tour with a tasting and a Snowdonia cheese platter in the barn, £32, Saturdays at 12 noon and 4pm, booked online | – |
The vineyards
Gwinllan Conwy
The easiest of the four to get to, close to the A55, and one of two with a shop or café open most of the week. The owner leads the tours. The shop doubles as a food hall, with Welsh cheese, charcuterie and chutneys to take home. What catches people out is the age rule: tours are not for under-18s, so leave this one off a family day. Its Pefriog Phoenix won best sparkling white at the 2022 Welsh Wine Awards, and there is a Solaris dessert wine called Gwin Pwdin that is worth a look.
Pant Du
Richard and Iola Huws set up Pant Du in 2007 on old farmland in Dyffryn Nantlle, on the edge of Eryri. It is as much an orchard as a vineyard, with 9 acres of vines and 18 of apple trees, among them 700 Bardsey apple trees. Most people come for the café, and it is the one we’d pick if not everyone in the car drinks wine, as the cider and apple juice are made here too. Tours aren’t on a timetable, so ask before you set off.
Red Wharf Bay Vineyard
The owner first planted vines here in 2010, in a field above Traeth Coch on the east side of Anglesey, and the place has a Spanish streak. The tour ends with tapas and three wines, usually a Solaris white and a Rondo red with a third that changes. It is booking only. Turn up on spec and you will probably find the gate shut. The vineyard suggests walking there through the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and will give you directions if you ask.
Vale Vineyard
Gwinllan y Dyffryn, to give it its Welsh name, is on the lower slopes of the Clwydian Range near Denbigh. It is the one to build a weekend round, because its tours run only on Saturdays in summer. At the 2022 Welsh Wine Awards it took best white with its Solaris and best rosé with its Rondo. It also runs tastings away from the vineyard, such as a wine tasting at the Assembly Rooms in Ruthin on 19 November 2026.
Plan a day or a weekend
Go between May and September, on a weekend that includes a Saturday. That is when Vale Vineyard runs its tours, and Gwinllan Conwy and Pant Du are open too. Book everything before you travel, Red Wharf Bay above all.
For one day, stay in the east. Take a morning tour at Gwinllan Conwy, then drive along the A55 for the 4pm tour at Vale Vineyard. Gwinllan Conwy runs tours on Thursdays and Fridays as well, so a Friday there and the noon Saturday tour in the Vale of Clwyd works just as well.
For a weekend, give the second day to the west. Red Wharf Bay and Pant Du are on either side of the Menai Strait. Pant Du’s café is open on Sundays, so lunch there and a booked tour on Anglesey make a full day. Ask Red Wharf Bay which dates it has before you fix anything else, as it is the hardest of the four to get into.
None of the four lists rooms, so stay in Conwy or Llandudno for the eastern pair and Caernarfon or Anglesey for the western one.
Getting there
The A55 runs along the coast past all four, with Anglesey across the Britannia Bridge. Llandudno Junction, the town on Gwinllan Conwy’s address, has a station on the North Wales coast line. None of the vineyards gives public transport advice, so plan on a car with a driver who won’t be drinking, or book taxis ahead. Gwinllan Conwy has a car park on site. Vale Vineyard gives the what3words address mess.gliders.ecologist for finding the entrance.
Further south, Whinyard Rocks at New Radnor is in mid Wales rather than the north. For the rest of the country, see all the Welsh vineyards or what’s on.
Questions people ask
Can children come on the vineyard tours?
Not at Gwinllan Conwy, whose tours are not suitable for under-18s. Red Wharf Bay charges £8 for 14 to 17 year olds who come along but don’t taste, and smaller children and babies go free if you mention them when booking. Vale Vineyard doesn’t say, so ask. Pant Du’s café is the easy choice with a family.
Can I visit the North Wales vineyards in winter?
Vale Vineyard runs tours from May to September only, and Red Wharf Bay opens only for booked tours. Gwinllan Conwy’s shop and Pant Du’s café keep weekly hours, so those two are the ones to try out of season. Ring first.
Which North Wales vineyards are dog friendly?
Red Wharf Bay takes dogs free of charge if you mention them when booking. Pant Du allows dogs on leads on the patio only. Gwinllan Conwy doesn’t allow dogs on site, and Vale Vineyard doesn’t say.