Wine Style: Sparkling White

Exton Park

A vineyard building seen through the vines at Exton Park

English sparkling wine from a single 60-acre vineyard in Hampshire’s South Downs. Exton Park is known for its Reserve Blends, combining wines from many seasons to express the character of its chalk slopes.

Frome Valley Vineyard

Visitors walking through sunlit vines at Frome Valley Vineyard

Frome Valley is a family-run vineyard beside the River Frome in Herefordshire. It makes still wines and traditional-method sparkling wine, and offers tours and tastings from April to September.

Bluestone Vineyards

Visitors walking between vineyard rows at Bluestone Vineyards

Bluestone is a family-run vineyard near Stonehenge in Wiltshire. Brothers Nat and Toby McConnell make limited quantities of traditional-method sparkling wine from Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier.

Blackbook Winery

Wine barrels inside Blackbook Winery in Battersea

Blackbook is a winery beneath a railway arch in Battersea, London. Sergio and Lynsey Verrillo make still and sparkling wines from English-grown grapes, specialising in Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.

Stopham Vineyard

Aerial view of Stopham’s vineyard surrounded by fields and woodland

Stopham produces aromatic still whites and traditional-method sparkling wines from a 15-acre vineyard in the South Downs National Park. Pre-booked Saturday tours include the vineyard, its Victorian-barn winery and a tasting.

Black Chalk

Harvest crates stacked outside the winery at Black Chalk

Black Chalk is a Hampshire estate making vintage traditional-method sparkling wines from its vineyards in the Test Valley. Its tasting room offers tours, tastings and lunch beside the River Test.

Simpsons’ Wine Estate

Vineyard rows overlooking rolling countryside at Simpsons’ Wine Estate

Chalk, coast and a quietly glamorous sense of place. Simpsons’ brings Ruth and Charles Simpson’s French winemaking chapter home to the North Downs.

Bewl Water Vineyard

Aerial view of Bewl Water’s vineyard, buildings and nearby water

Bewl Water is a five-acre family vineyard in East Sussex. Mature Bacchus vines and Pinot Noir are used for small batches of still and traditional-method sparkling wine.

Biddenden Vineyards

Wine being poured into tasting glasses at Biddenden Vineyards

Biddenden is Kent’s oldest commercial vineyard, established by the Barnes family in 1969. The 23-acre estate produces still, sparkling and sweet wines and welcomes visitors for tours and self-guided walks.

Louis Pommery England

Louis Pommery England sparkling wine bottles, glasses and an ice bucket

Louis Pommery makes estate-grown traditional-method sparkling wine at Pinglestone Estate near Old Alresford in Hampshire. Tours are offered on selected summer dates.