Langham Wine Estate was named Best Producer at the WineGB Awards last week, retaining the trophy from 2024.
Alongside this title, Langham Wine Estate also received five gold medals, one silver medal and eight trophies.
Its Chardonnay, Perpetual, scored 99 points and picked up the awards for Best Premium Sparkling Wine, Best Sparkling Wine and the regional trophy for Wessex.
Meanwhile, Langham’s Culver Classic Cuvée NV was awarded Best Non-Vintage Sparkling, Blanc de Blancs NV was named Best Blanc de Blancs and its Pinot Noir 2019 received the trophy for Best Blanc de Noirs.
Devon’s Lyme Bay was also a high achiever in this year’s WineGB Awards. It won Best Chardonnay, Best Still Wine, Best White Wine and the regional trophy for the West for its Martin’s Lane Chardonnay 2020.
London-based Blackbook Winery was given the trophies for Best Red and Best Pinot Noir for its Nightjar 2022, alongside the regional trophy for the South East with its Pygmalion South Bank Vineyard Chardonnay 2022.
Sandridge Barton in Devon won Best Alternative White and Best Innovative White for its Sonny 2022 Pinot Blanc and Best Orange Wine for its Pinot Gris 2019.
Additionally, Wiltshire’s Domaine Hugo won three trophies for its Hugo 2020: Best Vintage Sparkling, Best Classic Cuvée and Best Boutique Wine.
Hampshire’s Black Chalk won Best Sparkling Rosé; Northamptonshire’s Stonyfield picked up Best Sparkling Blend; Somerset-based Wraxall gained the award for Best Bacchus; Kent’s Cobham House won Best Still Rosé; and Vale Vineyard from Wales won Best Alternative Red.
This year’s Best SWGB Wine went to West Sussex’s Leonardslee; Best Newcomer was won by East Sussex’s Walgate; and Best Contract Winery went to Gloucestershire’s Three Choirs.
On the awards, co-chair of the judging panel, Peter Richards MW, said: “It was not only an immense privilege to taste such a vibrant, eclectic, ambitious range of wines – it was fun too. And that reflects the fun the winemakers are clearly having experimenting, pushing the boundaries and fine-tuning their craft. These were wines brimming with confidence and ambition – and both Susie and I together with our brilliant team of judges loved every minute of the judging, which inspired some intriguing (and sometimes heated) discussion.”
Justin Langham, MD of Langham Wine Estate, added: “We are completely delighted to have won these trophies. It underscores the decision we made to expand our production by planting more vines. We can only produce the very best wines by having control of every aspect of the winemaking process, but particularly by being able to produce the very best fruit on our exceptional site.”
