Wine Style: Traditional Method

Digby Fine English

The Digby Fine English entrance with its sign and arched windows

Digby makes traditional-method sparkling wine by blending grapes from partner vineyards across southern England. Visit its tasting room on Arundel High Street for guided flights, glasses and bottles.

Coopers Croft – Hentilbea

Hand-tended vines at Coopers Croft Vineyard in Suffolk

Hentilbea is a family-run vineyard at Coopers Croft in Wickhambrook, Suffolk. Its hand-tended Pinot Noir, Bacchus and Cabernet Noir vines produce sparkling, rosé and white wines.

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.