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England
Follow English wine from sheltered vineyards to the cellar: sparkling wines, still wines and the places that give both their identity.
The wine-coloured dot marks a general location, not legal vineyard boundaries.
A wider view to put the region in context. Both maps face north.
First, find your bearings
Where are we?
England occupies the southern and central part of Great Britain. Start with the southern counties, then leave room for vineyards farther east, west and north. This is an English wine introduction; Wales has its own wine landscape and protected names. Our maps show coastline, neighbouring countries and orientation points, rather than county or vineyard boundaries.
Choose a county.
Kent →
Find our county guide, maps and the Simpsons story.
From the place to the glass
Start with these conversations.
The sparkling-wine trio
Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Meunier are important starting points for English traditional-method sparkling wine. Blend, harvest and lees time invite comparison with other bottle-fermented wines.
Still wine has its own place
Bacchus adds an aromatic white-wine route, while Chardonnay and Pinot Noir also appear as still wines. Read the individual bottle rather than assuming English wine means sparkling.
Follow the cellar decisions
Bottle fermentation creates a separate production journey from still wine. Pressing, base-wine blending, lees ageing and disgorgement help explain the finished sparkling wine. The method does not turn an English wine into Champagne.
Look a little closer
A region has places within it.
Kent: begin our county collection
Kent is the first county companion in this collection, with Simpsons providing a published producer story. Follow its regional page for a closer map and connections to both still and sparkling wines.
Southern England beyond Kent
Sussex, Hampshire, Surrey and other counties widen the conversation. Soil, aspect and local weather vary; chalk is part of the landscape rather than a description of every English vineyard.
East, west and farther north
WineGB also groups vineyards in the East, Thames and Chilterns, Midlands and North, and South West. These names help organise discovery; they do not prescribe one grape or one wine style.
A name with a story
What the label can tell you.
English PDO and English PGI are protected geographical schemes covering still and quality sparkling wines. Check the actual designation on the label. English Regional is associated with PGI; it is not simply a casual synonym for a county wine. WineGB manages the schemes, and the official guidance sets out their requirements. County location and certification are separate questions.
A cross-Channel connection, with distinct English homes.
Taittinger’s partnership at Domaine Evremond is in Kent. Pommery’s Pinglestone vineyard is in Hampshire. These publicly documented projects belong to a broader southern England story; neither county should stand in for the other.
Domaine Evremond: the partnership → Pinglestone: its Hampshire vineyard →
A small Cork Dork discovery
Let the map join the tasting.
Put an English still Chardonnay beside an English traditional-method sparkling wine. Record the grapes, vineyard origin, harvest information and disclosed cellar choices. Which differences come from the production route, and which questions would you still ask the producer?
Small pours, your own words, and no marks for impressive vocabulary.
Follow England into the finished wines.
English Still Wines →
Chardonnay, white Meunier and the wider still-wine conversation: pressing, lees and tank / barrel choices.
English Sparkling Wines →
Blends and single-grape cuvées, bottle fermentation, reserve wines, lees time and finishing.
Where shall we wander next?
Follow a grape, wine or place.
Behind this introduction
Editorial sources checked 25 October 2026. Maps use public-domain Natural Earth data. Regional markers are approximate; no legal appellation boundary is implied.