Wine Style: Sparkling White

Flint Vineyard

Aerial view of Flint Vineyard’s winery buildings and vines

Flint makes still wines and tank-fermented sparkling wines in South Norfolk’s Waveney Valley. Visitors can stop at Camphill Farm for tours, tastings, lunch or a glass in the winery garden.

Cobble Hill Winery

Cobble Hill Brut Classic Cuvée with two glasses of sparkling wine

Cobble Hill is a family vineyard and winery near Burnham Market on the North Norfolk coast. It produces still and traditional-method sparkling wines from Bacchus, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.

Chalkdown

Chalkdown Classic Cuvée chilling in an ice bucket

Chalkdown is an independent Hampshire winery making small batches of traditional-method sparkling wine from grapes grown in and around the county.

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

A large pine tree beside the vines at Stopham Vineyard, overlooking the Sussex countryside

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

Vineyard rows at Black Chalk in Hampshire

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.