A lifelong passion for winemaking was the inspiration for Highlands Winery. Mrs Phillipa Fraser converted part of her 16th Century ancestral family home Moniack Castle in Inverness-shire into a Winery and started making and selling commercially a range of white and red wines followed by country wines. In 1980 Highlands Winery became the first business north of Manchester to be granted a license to produce any alcohol apart from Whisky.