Ben Witchell, founder of Flint Vineyard

The Waveney Valley and indeed the surrounding counties of Norfolk and Suffolk are home to a huge variety of wonderful food and drinks businesses, from farm shops to traditional fishmongers, award-winning cheesemakers, micro-breweries and vineyards.In September 2025, I interviewed Ben Witchell, founder and chief winemaker at Flint Vineyard, a brilliant, innovative vineyard just on the Norfolk side of the river Waveney, near Bungay.In the interview, he talks passionately about how he became a wine-maker, why he chose to establish Flint Vineyard on the Waveney Valley, the innovative approach he has taken to wine-making, why he doesn't produce organic wine and what he loves about living in this region of the country.