Folc's story

Folc; noun (Old English) people, tribe and family.

Winemaking in England has a long and rich history, dating as far back as the Roman times when Emperor Claudius began the great conquest of Britain in AD 43. However, it wasn’t until the late 1980s that the English wine scene really started to come of age and until very recently gain recognition on a global stage.

Anyway, enough of the history lesson… Just as the evolution of English wine has brought quality English wine into the fold, we acknowledge that our customers' values are evolving with our ever-changing world and that wine should reflect this. That’s why we created Folc – to produce quality English wine with a modern mindset.

So what does all that mean I hear you ask? Well let us explain... 

Quality

If it doesn't taste good we won't bottle it!

Quality is our number one priority here at Folc and thanks to our Kentish winemakers, who collectively have over 60 years winemaking experience between them and have worked at some of the worlds best wineries spanning the globe, we're pretty confident you will enjoy and love our beautiful local English wine as much as we do. You can read more on our winemakers by heading over to the blog section. 

Sustainability

We're on a mission here at Folc to be fully carbon neutral within the next few years. Here are just a few things we're doing to achieve this;

- Our winery is one of the few wineries accredited with the WineGB Sustainability Scheme, which means that we are energy efficient, reduce the volume of water used per bottle, reduce our environmental impact of wine packaging & levels of greenhouse gas emission and carbon footprint per bottle (what a mouthful!).

- We use a cork which is plant based and carbon negative, and all of our packaging is biodegradable, recycled or recyclable.

- Our wine is also vegan and gluten free, and we aim to limit the number of sulphates we use in our winemaking process without compromising on the quality. 

We believe that we have a responsibility to look after our environment and that's why we consider it in everything we do, right down to our core/cork...!

Inclusion

Great wine should bring people in, not shut them out. Folc doesn’t judge its customers based on their background, race, gender, or education. As one of the very few female BAME co-founded UK wine producers, we emulate this on a daily basis. We look to demystify wine and truly represent and speak the same language as our customers.

Transparency

We have confidence in what we do, and we want our customers to have confidence in what they drink! We open up our world and the world of wine to our customers, from grape to glass.

Movement

2020 marked another consecutive record year for homegrown wine where the English wine industry picked up an all-time record of 155 medals at the Decanter World Wine awards - it's clear English wine is fast becoming a force to be reckoned with.

Folc believes in the power of English wine to challenge preconceptions and change an industry for the better. We want to bring people together, from drinkers to producers, to accelerate this change and live up to our namesake.

Folc; noun (Old English) people, tribe and family.

Folc's Story