A Dorset wine producer has been named the best winery in the country.

One of the leading producers of English sparkling wine, Langham Wine Estate, has been named The Real Review Winery of the Year Great Britain 2024, coming out on top of a host of prestigious competitors.

Now in its fourth year, The Real Review received a record number of entries from a record number of wineries for its Top Wineries of Great Britain.

Over 10,000 wines were blind-tasted by an expert panel of internationally renowned wine writers, including award-winning wine writer and contributor Anthony Rose.

Head winemaker, Tommy Grimshaw has been a driving force for Langham Wine Estate over the past four years.

Under his leadership, Langham has risen to the ‘top 14 per cent of Great Britain’s wine producers’, according to The Real Review. 

Mr Grimshaw said: “It is always a great lift for the team when we are recognised by The Real Review.

"To be named their Winery of the Year Great Britain 2024 is even better.

"This award backs up the WineGB award earlier in the year for Winery of the Year 2024 and shows that we must be doing something right.

"We want our Dorset winery to the forefront of the English wine scene, so we are always looking to build on achievements like this.”

Having worked his way up from labelling wine when he left school after his first year of A Levels, Mr Grimshaw became the UK’s youngest head winemaker when he was just 24 years old.

Now 28, he continually strives to be creative in his winemaking, not bound by technical ‘rules’ with a focus on a low intervention approach, and the results he achieves are outstanding. 

Langham Wine Estate has been lauded by The Real Review for producing “some of the most expressive, high quality sparkling wines in the country, which highlighted the chardonnay-based Corallian Classic Cuvée NV and the pinot noir-based Culver Classic Cuvée NV both stand-out cuvées in a stand-out range.”

This latest accolade adds to a number of prestigious awards received by the Dorset-based winery and vineyard in 2024.

At the WineGB Awards, Langham Wine Estate took home an impressive four trophies, including ‘Best NV/MV Classic Cuvée’ for its Corallian Classic Cuvée NV, ‘Best Blanc de Noirs’ and ‘Wessex Trophy’ for its Pinot Noir 2019, and the strength of the range contributed to it being awarded ‘Best Estate Winery’