New and changed at the vineyards

November 2026

New vineyard guides

• Albury Organic VineyardAlbury, near Shere · Surrey. Albury is organic and biodynamic, first planted in 2009 beside the Silent Pool.
• Astley VineyardAstley, near Stourport-on-Severn · Cotswolds and West Midlands. Astley was planted in 1971, which makes it one of the oldest commercial vineyards in the UK, and it is a family-run single estate. It makes still and sparkling Kerner, an orange wine and a late harvest wine.
• Biddenden VineyardsBiddenden · Kent. The Barnes family founded Kent’s original vineyard here in 1969.
• Bluebell Vineyard EstatesNear Uckfield · Sussex. Named after its bluebell woods, Bluebell was planted in 2005 on the edge of Ashdown Forest.
• Breaky BottomRodmell, near Lewes · Sussex. Breaky Bottom is a tiny, much-loved vineyard in a fold of the Downs, reached by a long farm track.
• Chiltern Valley Winery and BreweryOld Luxters, Hambleden, near Henley-on-Thames · Chilterns. At Old Luxters, Chiltern Valley makes wine, beer and liqueurs. It runs tours all year and has a cellar shop, a food truck and bed and breakfast in the farmhouse.
• Exton ParkExton, Meon Valley · Hampshire. A 60-acre estate whose name rests on its Reserve Blend sparkling wines.
• Greyfriars VineyardPuttenham, on the Hog’s Back · Surrey. Set up in 1989, Greyfriars was one of the first English vineyards to plant Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Its cellar is dug into the chalk.
• Halfpenny Green Wine EstateBobbington, near Stourbridge · Cotswolds and West Midlands. Martin Vickers planted Halfpenny Green around 40 years ago, and his son Clive now makes the wine from its 30 or so acres of vines.
• Hanwell Wine EstateHickling Pastures, near Melton Mowbray · East Midlands. In south Nottinghamshire, Hanwell is a family-run wine estate with guided tours, a self-guided tasting trail, a café bar and a summer campsite.
• Holmfirth VineyardHolmfirth · Yorkshire. High on a hillside in the Holme Valley, Holmfirth Vineyard runs vineyard tours with a tasting, and has a restaurant and self-catering apartments.
• Kingscote EstateVowels Lane, near East Grinstead · Sussex. Near East Grinstead, Kingscote keeps its wine shop and café in a tithe barn.
• Lympstone ManorLympstone, near Exmouth · Devon. Lympstone Manor is a country house hotel, and in May 2018 it planted a 10.8-acre vineyard with 17,500 Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Meunier vines, mainly for sparkling wine.
• Oxney Organic EstateBeckley, near Rye · Sussex. Oxney is one of England’s leading organic producers, making still and sparkling wine, and its tasting barn is in an oast house.
• RidgeviewDitchling Common · Sussex. Ridgeview is one of the pioneers of English sparkling wine, at the foot of the South Downs.
• Simpsons’ Wine EstateBarham, near Canterbury · Kent. Simpsons’ was founded in 2012 on North Downs chalk by a couple who also make wine in the south of France.
• Stanlake Park Wine EstateTwyford, near Reading · Chilterns. A short walk from Twyford station, Stanlake Park runs tours all year, opens its wine bar six days a week and has rooms on the estate.
• Three Choirs VineyardNewent, Gloucestershire · Cotswolds and West Midlands. Near Newent, Three Choirs is a long-established vineyard with a restaurant and tastings, and rooms and lodges that look over the vines.
• TillinghamPeasmarsh, near Rye · Sussex. A 13th-century farm with 26 acres of organic and biodynamic vines.
• Winbirri VineyardsSurlingham, east of Norwich · Suffolk and Norfolk. East of Norwich, Winbirri runs long tour and tasting days in summer and has a wine garden.
• Wyken VineyardsStanton, near Bury St Edmunds · Suffolk and Norfolk. Wyken has a restaurant, a café and a country store that sells its own wines, along with a farmers’ market on Saturdays and vineyard tours in summer.

Added to the directory

73 vineyards that take visitors, by region.

• Chilterns: All Angels, Lokkelebery Vineyard, Rowles Vineyard, Stonepit Vineyard, Winding Wood Vineyard
• Cornwall: Bosue Vineyard, The Atlantic Vineyard
• Cotswolds and West Midlands: Abberley Hills Vineyard, Chase End Vineyard, Easing Hill Vineyard, Foxbury Fields, Kents Green Vineyard, Kingsthorne, Little Oak Vineyard, Marlbank Vineyard, Road Green Vineyard, Rowton Vineyard, Two Beacons Vineyard, Wagtail Retreat & Vineyard, White Heron Estate (Whittern Vineyard)
• Dorset and Wiltshire: English Oak Vineyard, Gatcombe Estate, Little Waddon Vineyard, Louma Country Hotel, Pink Mead Estate, Quoins Organic Vineyard
• East Midlands: English Wine Project, Fleur Fields Vineyard, Scaddows Vineyard, South Ormsby Estate Vineyard, Stonyfield Wine, Vines of Cheshire, Wolds Wine Estate
• Essex: Bardfield Vineyard at Great Lodge, Dedham Vale Vineyard, Galleywood Vineyard & Winery, Mersea Island Vineyard, Missing Gate Vineyard, Prettyfields Vineyard, Thorrington Mill Vineyard, Toppesfield Vineyard, West Street Vineyard
• Hampshire: Goodworth Clatford Vineyard, The Wharie Experience
• Kent: Brenley Wine, Four Daughters, Ham Street Wines, Heartenoak Vineyard, Herbert Hall, Red Hill Farm Estate
• London: Blackbook Winery, London Cru, Renegade Urban Winery, Vagabond Urban Winery
• Somerset: Combe Hay Vineyard, Smith & Evans (Aller Hill Vineyard), Wayford Vineyard
• Suffolk and Norfolk: Babu’s Vineyard, Chet Valley Vineyard, Cobble Hill, Humbleyard English Wines, Lavenham Brook, Valley Farm Vineyards, Walsingham Estate Vineyard
• Sussex: Abingworth Vineyard, Blackdown Ridge Estate, Smock Alley, The Rowfant Vineyard
• Yorkshire: Bay Vineyard, Carlton Towers Vineyard, Knotfield Vines, Loversall Vineyard, Towthorpe Vineyard

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