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Vineyards & Wine Tours
West Country Vineyards for Tours & Tastings
From Dorset's chalky hills to Cornwall's coastal valleys — the West Country's vineyards are serving award-winning English wine, vineyard tours and lunches worth clearing your diary for. Book a tour, learn a little, taste generously and leave the car keys with the designated driver.
Dorset
Langham Wine Estate
Crawthorne, near Dorchester, Dorset
Planted as a hobby in the 1980s and turned into an award-winning low-intervention sparkling wine estate on Dorset's rolling chalk hills. Self-guided, guided, Winemaker's and private tours, with optional lunch at the vineyard café, Smith's Kitchen.
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Bride Valley Vineyard
Litton Cheney, Dorset
Chalky soils similar to Champagne and a climate suited to the same vines make this Dorset estate a natural for award-winning sparkling and still wines. Tours run Saturdays from mid-April to late September, finishing with a guided tasting.
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Furleigh Estate
Salway Ash, near Bridport, Dorset
A former dairy farm turned 85-acre vineyard and winery near the Jurassic Coast, where Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier produce mostly sparkling but also still, white and rosé wines. Tours Thursday to Saturday, Easter to October.
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Somerset
Wraxall Vineyard
Wraxall, near Shepton Mallet, Somerset
One of Somerset's oldest vineyards, first planted on a south-facing hill below the Mendips in 1974. Guided tastings year-round and vineyard tours April to October — book a table for lunch at The View@Wraxall overlooking the vines.
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Aldwick Estate
Redhill, near Blagdon, Somerset
Somerset's largest vineyard, farmed by the same family for five generations. Six grape varieties produce white, rosé, red, still and sparkling wines. Tours on selected Sundays and Mondays, April to October, with a glass of sparkling to start.
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Fenny Castle Vineyard
Wookey, near Wells, Somerset
On the edge of the Somerset Levels with views to Glastonbury Tor, making award-winning wines from Bacchus, Ortega and Pinot Noir grapes — and, in true Somerset style, their own cider too. Tours on selected Saturdays through the summer.
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Devon
Sandridge Barton
Stoke Gabriel, South Devon
A beautiful 38-acre vineyard on the banks of the River Dart (formerly Sharpham Wine), producing award-winning still and sparkling wines. Vineyard safaris, the farm-to-fork restaurant ROAM, and restored places to stay make a full day of it.
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Pebblebed Vineyards
Clyst St George, near Exeter, Devon
An 18-acre single-estate vineyard at Darts Farm where every bottle is made from grapes grown on site. Award-winning still and sparkling wines by head winemaker Alex Mills, with cheese-and-charcuterie pairings over the vines.
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Cornwall
Camel Valley Vineyard
Bodmin, Cornwall
Cornwall's flagship vineyard, producing award-winning sparkling wines and a celebrated Bacchus. Guided tours and tastings throughout the season, with a balcony overlooking the Camel Valley.
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Knightor Vineyard
Porthpean, near St Austell, Cornwall
A Cornish winery near the south coast producing still and sparkling wines, with a restaurant and tasting room set among the vines. Walk-in tastings and bookable tours through the week.
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Trevibban Mill
St Eval, near Padstow, Cornwall
A vineyard near the north Cornish coast producing still and sparkling wines from grapes grown on site. Tours and tastings Tuesday to Saturday, with a restaurant on the estate.
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