At this year’s WineGB Awards, wines from 13 counties won trophies, with a record number of Gold medals awarded. The ceremony was held on 19 July at The Drapers’ Hall in London.
Kent’s Chapel Down was the standout winner, claiming Supreme Champion, Top Sparkling Wine, Best Prestige Cuvée, the South East Trophy, Best Chardonnay, Joint Top Still Wine, and Best Sustainable Wine for various wines.
The Trophies:
Supreme ChampionTop Sparkling WineBest Prestige Cuvée | Chapel Down Kit’s Coty Coeur de Cuvée 2016, Kent |
Joint Top Still Wine | Chapel Down Kit’s Coty Chardonnay 2021, KentVagabond Wines Solena NV, London |
Best Red Pinot Noir | Ashling Park Estate Selection Pinot Noir 2022, West Sussex |
Best ChardonnayBest Sustainable Wine | Chapel Down Kit’s Coty Chardonnay 2021 |
Best Still Bacchus | Wraxall Vineyard Bacchus Reserve 2022, Somerset |
Best Single Varietal White | Dunesforde Vineyard Still Pinot Gris 2022, North Yorkshire |
Best NV/MV Classic Cuvée | Langham Wine Estate Corallian Classic Cuvée NV, Dorset |
Best Vintage Classic Cuvée | Domaine Hugo, Hugo 2020, Wiltshire |
Best Single Varietal White | Dunesforde Vineyard Still Pinot Gris 2022 |
Joint Best Blanc de Blancs | Harrow & Hope Blanc de Blancs 2018, BuckinghamshireWoodchester Valley Blanc de Blancs 2018, Gloucestershire |
Best Blanc de Noirs | Langham Wine Estate Pinot Noir 2019, Dorset |
Best Aged Vintage Sparkling | Wiston Estate Library Collection Blanc de Blancs 2010, West Sussex |
Best Still Rosé | Simpsons’ Wine Estate Railway Hill Rosé 2023, Kent |
Best Sparkling Rosé | Winding Wood Brut Rosé 2020, Berkshire |
Best Innovative Still | Vagabond Wines Solena NV, London |
Best Innovative Sparkling | Westwell Wine Estate Pinot Meunier MV, Kent |
Best Estate Winery | Langham Wine Estate |
Best Boutique Producer | Vagabond Wines |
Best Contract Producer | Wiston Estate |
Best Newcomer | Two Beacons Vineyard |
Regional Trophies
East | Hawkswood Vineyard Pinot Rosé 2023, Suffolk |
Midlands and North | Dunesforde Vineyard Still Pinot Gris 2022, North Yorkshire |
South East | Chapel Down Coeur de Cuvée 2016, Kent |
Thames & Chilterns | Winding Wood Brut Rosé 2020, Berkshire |
Wales | Vale Vineyard – Gwinllan y Dyffryn Debut Sparkling White Wine 2021, Denbighshire |
Wessex | Langham Wine Estate Pinot Noir 2019, Dorset |
West | Woodchester Valley Blanc de Blancs 2018, Gloucestershire |