Our wine

Artefact /ar-ti-fækt/ noun

1. An object made by a person, especially something of historical or cultural interest.

Wine has been an integral part of civilisation for thousands of years, serving as both a religious sacrament and a medicinal elixir, enriching conversation, forging friendships, and changing our emotions (for better or worse). 

Artefact wine is designed to be enjoyed in the present while reflecting on the past. Whether it's the wine we make or the wine we discover, each bottle is extraordinarily unique - in taste, story, or the hand-drawn artwork on the label, which takes hundreds of hours to complete.

Tombaroli

Every Artefact Tombaroli bottle is a hidden treasure.

The word Tombaroli refers to secretive tomb raiders who hunt down ancient burial sites, looting them for their centuries-old artefacts. It felt like a mischievously fitting namesake.

We scour the country’s long-forgotten vineyards and bygone wineries, unearthing rare wines that would otherwise be lost to the sands of time. And although we don’t pretend to grow the grapes, we do bring these remarkable wines back to life.

Tombaroli wines are not defined by provenance or people. Instead, what binds the bottles together is their exceptional taste and unique stories. It’s these stories that are illustrated on our distinctive labels, with each design telling the tale in the style of a historical artefact.

And like historical artefacts, the Tombaroli wines we discover are one-of-a-kind, never to be found again.

Our first Artefact Tombaroli release is the 1996 English sparkling wine, discovered in the wild and mystical landscape of Exmoor, Somerset.

A Moment in Wine

Our ‘A Moment in Wine’ collection is a time capsule of each vintage.

We produce this wine at Castlewood Vineyard, which sits snug below the Iron-Age hill fort of Musbury Castle in East Devon. Here, we use the ancient tradition of Tuscan amphorae winemaking to imbue Artefact A Moment in Wine with a timeless quality.

Then, we experiment. Every year, there are subtle changes. It may be a different variety, winemaking technique or, of course, the artwork.

Each label, hand drawn in the style of a historical artefact, is an interpretation of the events that shaped our world during the vintage. We then let the wine in the bottle do the rest of the talking.