Autumn Highlights 2025
September
Denbies Vineyard Restaurant
Food & Wine Matching Experience
Pair your visit to Denbies with an artisanal experience. Away from the activity of the main winery, their Vineyard Hotel has sweeping views across the avenues of vines. The Vineyard Restaurant tasting includes: flight of four of Denbies award-winning premium wines; mixed local charcuterie and cheese platter with bread basket (dietary/vegan option available on request); detailed tasting notes.
September
Bacchus Wine Run
The Bacchus Wine Half Marathon and 10K on Sunday September 7 is a celebration of award-winning English wine, fine food, fancy dress, music... and a little bit of running. They had a record field for the event in 2024 with both the 10K and Half Marathon selling out some weeks before race date - and this year’s race is a sell out. But it makes for quite the spectacle!
September
'A Taste of Denbies' Sparkling Vineyard Train & Gallery Dinner
Enjoy the late summer evenings with Denbies’ Outdoor Vineyard Train tour, which offers spectacular views of the vineyard, overlooking Box Hill and Dorking. Sparkling wine will be served during your trip. Warm outer clothing is recommended for the Vineyard Tour. The sparkling tour is then followed by a three-course meal in the Gallery Restaurant, which looks out across the vineyard.
More highlights from Denbies Wine Estate…
Denbies Vineyard Hotel | Denbies Restaurants | Tours & Experiences | Secret Vineyard Trail | Food & Wine Matching
September
Cheese and Wine Tasting
Enjoy a talk and tasting of Albury Estate sparkling wines with a member of the Albury team, followed by a glass of your choice accompanied by a selection of English cheese. Admire views from our tasting room over the vineyard or take a stroll amongst the vines before or after your tasting. Tastings take place outside when the weather permits, otherwise inside the tasting room.
September/October
Harvest 2025
Get involved in your local vineyard by volunteering to help with the 2025 grape harvest. Each year, Albury Vineyard welcomes small groups of volunteers to help pick grapes and learn more about English wine. The 2025 harvest is likely to start at the end of September and continue into the first two weeks of October.
September
Perfect Pairings - Negroni Experience
Celebrate Negroni Month and join Albury Vineyard for a unique tasting journey celebrating the Surrey Hills Negroni. This joint event with their neighbours at Silent Pool Distillers begins at Albury Vineyard, where you’ll explore how their organically-grown grapes are turned into award-winning wines - and then distilled to create Albury Rosso Vermouth.
More highlights from
Albury Organic Vineyard…
Tour & Tasting | Wine & Cheese | Bee-keeping Demonstrations | Albury Events Club
September
Open Day Season
High Clandon’s next open day is Saturday September 20 (Harvest). Open Days are there for you to drop in, delight in the views and gardens and taste High Clandon wines. Also, you can pre-book their fabled Tour, Talk, Tasting, which runs at 11.30am or 2.30pm on Open Days. The next dates are: Saturday October 4 (Harvest); Saturday October 25. Private tours for groups of at least four people are available throughout the year.
Watch this space!
Truffle & Cuvée Experience Day
During winter, High Clandon host their coveted Truffle and Cuvée Experience Days, where visitors can learn about the mystique of truffles, the rare and delicious underground fungi, feel the excitement of the trained dogs unearthing them with their infallible noses in the secretly located truffle orchard.
2025
Glass Barn Hire
The atmospheric Glass Barn at High Clandon has beautiful views of the garden, wildflower meadow, the Surrey Hills and even the London skyline on a good day. But did you know it’s also available for private hire? It’s the perfect venue for smaller gatherings, such as an intimate wedding, birthday celebration or company gathering.
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High Clandon Estate Vineyard…
September
Vineyard tours
In the warmer months, Greyfriars Vineyard’s tours take place outdoor. The vineyard tour with wine tasting takes visitors on a guided walk through the beautiful vineyards finishing with a tutored tasting of several award-winning sparkling and still wines. The tastings normally take place on the vineyard viewing deck, making the most of the late summer sunshine, or back in the Tasting Room when the weather isn’t so friendly.
September
Food Tuck Saturday with Chaat
Visit Greyfriars Vineyard on Saturday September 6 for a fun experience featuring their fantastic wines and delicious, freshly prepared dishes by the renowned Chaat team.
September
Bottle and Blanket
Take your own picnic to Greyfriars Vineyard, enjoy the summer sun and their spectacular vineyard views with a bottle of their award-winning sparkling wine. Blanket and sparkling wine glasses provided free of charge.
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September
Vineyard Café
An enchanting corner of the Surrey Hills, Tanhurst Estate is only minutes away from the National Trust’s beautiful Rhododendron Wood and Leith Hill Place – the childhood home of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. Tanhurst Estate opens its Vineyard Café to the public on Saturdays and Sundays, 10am to 4pm. Their dog-friendly café serves up delicious coffees, cakes, sausage rolls and other goodies - as well as their fantastic wines, of course.
September
New vintage sparking wines!
Watch this space for the first sparkling wine releases from Tanhurst Estate vineyard.
2025
Holiday Cottages & Barns
Fall in love with one of Tanhurst Estate’s four beautiful holiday cottages and barns, each offering a unique holiday experience. For a cosy stay in a historic cottage, why not try Tanhurst Cottage or Little Birketts Cottage, both are pet friendly and have large secure gardens. Or for a taste of luxury, stay in one of the converted timber framed barns, Great Foxmoor or Little Foxmoor, with breathtaking views across the Surrey/Sussex Weald to the South Downs National Park.
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September
Tours & Tastings
Enjoy Chilworth’s English sparkling and rosé wines at The Watch House. On their vineyard tours, you can see and learn about our vines, their growth cycle and the winemaking process, as well as hearing about the fascinating history of Chilworth Manor. It's the perfect spot to try their wines together with some specially prepared pairing bites.
September
Afternoon tea and sparkling
Why not combine wine tasting with a classic English treat with Chilworth Manor Vineyard’s Afternoon Tea Experience? As well as a short introduction to their wines, the vineyard and the history of the Manor, you will enjoy a full afternoon tea accompanied with a tasting of both our sparkling wines.
September
Friday Night Fizz
Get your weekend off to the perfect start at Chilworth Manor Vineyard. On selected Friday evenings, they will be serving the latest vintages of Chilworth Manor Brut Rosé, Classic Cuvée and still Rosé at the vineyard. Food will also be available to buy, so you can have something to eat and have a few drinks to kick off the weekend. Enjoy a stroll through the vineyard while you’re there.
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Chilworth Manor Vineyard…
Throughout the year, Vineyards of the Surrey Hills also collectively exhibit at
selected local food and drink exhibitions and festivals in Surrey.
You can find out more about those on our festivals page.