Wine Style: Vintage

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.

Marbury

Long rows of vines beneath a cloudy sky at Marbury

Marbury is a Crouch Valley wine estate established by Jackson Family Wines in 2023. Winemaker Charlie Holland focuses on still Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from the warm, dry Essex region.

Mallard Point

A railway track curving through open countryside

Mallard Point combines a vineyard, winery and distillery at Church Farm in Rutland. Andy and Fi Beamish produce wines fermented with wild yeast and offer vineyard tours, tastings and a Gin School.

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.

London Cru Winery

Grape and wine-bottle mural on the wall of London Cru

London Cru is an urban winery in Fulham making still, pét-nat and traditional-method wines from English grapes. Visitors can tour the working cellar and take part in tastings and blending workshops.

Folc

Folc rosé bottles chilling in a metal tub on the grass

Folc specialises in English still and sparkling rosé. Founded by Elisha Rai and Tom Cannon, it works with independent growers across south-east England and a winery in Canterbury.