London Tour: Guided Tasting of Award-Winning English Wines and Cheeses
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20 Ratings
Greater London
Indulge in a guided tasting of award-winning English wines and cheeses in London. Discover the perfect pairing and enjoy a picnic lunch amongst the vines.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- London Bridge Station - Wine Tour Departs opposite London Bridge Station at The English Grounds, SE1 2HU.
- Wayfarer Wines - We start the day with a guided tasting at Wayfare Wines, a small producer making big things happen.
- Chapel Down - Traveling out of London and across the chalk soil of the Kent North Downs we will make our way through beautiful English countryside and arrive at Chapel Down Winery. Chapel Down is nestled in the 15th century shipbuilding port known as the hamlet of Small Hythe were we will explore the vineyard and learn about English viticulture. You’ll enjoy a fully guided tasting of their range of English sparkling and still wines. There will be plenty of time to wonder around and browse the wine shop after the tasting.
- Chapel Down - Enjoy a delicious locally sourced picnic lunch in the grounds of Chapel Down. All served with a glass of English wine of course.
- Silcocks Farm Shop and Cafe - Silcocks Farm is a pure organic farm where quality and goodness thrives! Here we learn all about the cheese making process and get to try Silcock’s famous cheeses. We will enter the milk production diary and venture into the cheese room to discuss with the cheesemaker herself. Then for the main event we pair 6 of our favourite English Wines with 6 of our favourite English Cheeses in a seated guided tasting. Delicious!
What's Included
- Full Vineyard Tour and Tasting at Chapel Down Vineyard
- Bottled water
- Transport from and to London
- Lunch with English wine
- Day includes:
- Guided tasting of 6 English wines paired with 6 English Cheeses
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Gratuities
Additional Information
What could be a more perfect match than English cheese and English wine? Simply put, nothing; they’re made for one another!
This wine tour involves a conducted tasting at the distinguished Chapel Down Vineyard and Wayfarer Wines, followed by a delightful picnic lunch amid the grapevines, complemented with Chapel Down wine.
Next, we journey to Silcocks Farm, renowned for their tasty cheeses and organic products, all crafted directly on their premises. They’ll acquaint you with the cheese making process and organic farming, before presenting the highlight of the tour – an English Wine and Cheese tasting, featuring some of our top recommended English wines and cheeses.
You will have the opportunity to try a variety of our preferred English wines and cheeses as you master the important skill of pairing food with wine. Finally, you will have the option to buy any of the culinary treasures we’ve tasted (and even more) from the gourmet food shop.
- Minimum age is 18 years
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Location
English Grounds
We meet at 8.45am for a 9am departure.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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M9267xdnk
Oct 29, 2023
Great experience! - Many thanks Justin and Nicola for a really enjoyable day. Justin provided lots of interesting information on the journey and the two tastings provided great opportunities to try some excellent wines we had not previously encountered. We found the cheese and wine pairing session very good, learning lots about both the wines and the cheeses and have found some new favourites in both! Would thoroughly recommend this tour, learned lots and had good fun too.
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887fraserc
Sep 4, 2023
Great Day Out - My tour was a present from my wife and what an excellent present it turned out to be.
There were 9 of us in the group and a good time was had by all. Visited Chapel Down and Wayfarer vineyards in Kent.
Nicola's advice was to have a 'hearty' breakfast. Good call, we sampled 12 wines before lunch!
A pub lunch,food was excellent, served with a fine glass of Rosé
We finished the afternoon with a cheese tasting experience with a further 6 glasses of wine.
Our hosts, Nicola and Justin were informative and entertaining.
I thouroughly recommend English Wine Tasting Tours
Fraser
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Spg186338
Aug 18, 2023
Happy big birthday MF - We went as a group of 4 for a milestone birthday. We all thought it was so brilliant. It was a rainy day but that made no difference to the enjoyment. We were picked up in Central London, taken to 2 vineyards, a lovely pub and then a farm. We tasted delicious wine, sumptuous cheese and learnt loads all with no hard sell.
The day pivoted to an indoor venue with ease and it did nothing to take away from the fun.
I would highly recommend this for an absolute stress free, fun day out that is amazing value for money
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J7242rdalicew
Jul 7, 2023
Most fun you can have without crime - I had such a wonderful time here, I'd give 6 stars if I could!!!! I've never felt so looked after it was as if they'd given birth to me and I was their tiny baby
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Ocl-gsy
Jul 5, 2023
Fabulous day out! - On the way to the vineyards, Justin provided us with comprehensive background knowledge on the birth and progression of English wines. There was plenty of opportunity to try the different sparkling and white wines and the wine and cheese paring at the end of the afternoon was perfect!
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Lusine_g
Jul 2, 2023
English wine tour - Very well organized day! Wonderful wine experience!I recommend this tour to wine lovers!a lot if wine tastings, interesting picnic lunch and interesting cheese and wine pairings!
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Jon
Aug 24, 2020
Fantastic English wine Tour! - Justin picked us up from our hotel and from that moment talked us through his fantastic knowledge. We visited two English vineyards. There was a mix of Fizz, Rose and White!
They were all surprisingly good. Lots to drink, a goody bag, lunch at a local pub, a perfect day!
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Shnikk
Aug 23, 2020
Awesome day out! - We booked a private vineyards tour for a group of friends with English Wine Tasting Tours
We visited Sedlescombe Organic, Chapel Down, and Woodchurch Estate and had lunch at The William Caxton. The day went from 10am-5pm. We tried 4-6 wines at each place and had a great pub lunch too.
Justin led the tour and was awesome - tonnes of knowledge and super friendly. We also met Nicola his wife who runs the business. They were super flexible throughout the booking process and the tour and even helped to retrieve a lost phone from the train on the day (thank you!)
Will definitely book more tours with this great company in the future
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T6616febenw
Aug 19, 2020
A great day out - After having done just the wine tour by itself a couple of years ago, came back with a group to do the wine and cheese tour.
Justin was a great tour leader - very personable and knowledgeable. The chosen winery - Chapel Down - is well worth a visit. We were looked after really well by Justin and Nicola throughout the day and got to taste some lovely English wines - mostly sparkling.
The second stop of wine and cheese pairing was set in a great little function room overlooking a vineyard. The pairings were well put together to give a treat to the taste buds.
Highly recommended tour, with great hosts and an enjoyable experience.
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Davinaj3000
Aug 17, 2020
Perfect day out in the Kent Countryside - My friends and I attended the English Cheese and Wine tasting tour in August 2020. We booked the tour earlier in the year before the Covid-19 outbreak, and luckily we could still attend due to the measures Justin and Nicola put in place. Before the tour Nicola was very efficient via email and telephone, helping to ensure the trip would run successfully with the correct social distancing measures in place. Our transport to the vineyards enabled us to socially distance comfortably. Both Chapel Down and Woodchurch vineyard tours and tastings were great, and I particularly enjoyed the afternoon’s wine and cheese tasting hosted by Nicola and Justin, who have great knowledge of the perfect pairings. Thank you both for going above and beyond to give us a fantastic day out!
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