World Class English sparkling wines for connoisseurs from the foothills of the Chilterns
International award winners!
William Morris described the Fairmile (avenue) in Henley-on-Thames as "the loveliest approach to any town in England" in the late 19th century.
In January 2020, Decanter wine and lifestyle magazine rated Fairmile Vineyard's maiden vintage from 2015 as England's only Outstanding sparkling white wine, beating all others with 95-97 points/100. Our non-vintage wines are now even better, enriched by the blending of mellow reserves from previous years' harvests.
Our sparkling wines now stand up against the best in the world, having scored more points than many other sparkling wines and French Champagnes in Decanter World Wine Awards 2024
- Our Rosé won a silver medal in trade association WineGB Awards 2024.
- Silver and bronze medals for our Classic Cuvée and Blanc de Blancs 2017 in Decanter World Wine Awards 2024 amongst 18,143 wines blind-tasted from 57 countries.
- "Delightful" and "amazingly serious" in Oz Clarke English Wines.
- Best Sparkling Wine Producer - UK by LUXlife magazine 2022.
- Gold and silver in the Independent English Wine Awards 2022,
- Rosé and Classic Cuvée won silver medals in trade association WineGB Awards 2020,
- Silver medallions for our Rosé and Classic Cuvée during Thames & Chilterns Vineyard Association Wine Challenge 2022.
To celebrate our tenth anniversary of planting the vines in 2013, we launched a limited-edition Founder's Reserve 2015 - the same wine rated "Outstanding" by Decanter magazine, but with an additional four years' lees-ageing. This is so rare and special as to be only available direct from the vineyard.
Wine cellar door sales
As a boutique vineyard, you won't find our multi award-winning wines everywhere, but they can be found in selected wine merchants, delicatessens, fine dining restaurants and online - with free delivery of one or more cases around Henley on Thames right up until Christmas Eve - or just click-and-collect.
Buy from our online shop, but please note we can no longer guarantee courier delivery before Christmas. If you would like to click-and-collect or buy direct from the vineyard, our wine cellar door opening hours are:
- Saturdays: 10am - 2pm
- Tuesdays: 10am-Noon
- Thursdays: Noon-2pm
If you're stuck, phone or email to see how we can help!
For tours, we are open all year round every day by appointment - see our Visits page for details.
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Good health,
Jan & Anthea
