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New and changed at Kent vineyards

What we have added each month: new vineyard guides and vineyards new to our list. A vineyard being new here does not mean it has just opened; some have welcomed visitors for years. Every entry is checked against the vineyard’s own website.

November 2026

New vineyard guides

  • Biddenden VineyardsBiddenden · Kent. The Barnes family founded Kent’s original vineyard here in 1969.
  • Brabourne VineyardEast Brabourne, near Ashford · Kent. Court Lodge, at the foot of the North Downs, is where this small vineyard makes its sparkling and still wines and a vermouth.
  • Mereworth WinesMereworth · Kent. Mereworth makes sparkling wine from its own vineyards at Wateringbury.
  • Oast WoodPotts Farm, Tenterden · Kent. Planted in 2021 on a working farm outside Tenterden, Oast Wood grows Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Bacchus and Divico, and pours its wines in a converted cart shed.
  • Simpsons’ Wine EstateBarham, near Canterbury · Kent. Simpsons’ was founded in 2012 on North Downs chalk by a couple who also make wine in the south of France.
  • Terlingham VineyardHawkinge, near Folkestone · Kent. A small vineyard in the hills above Folkestone, looking out over the Channel.
  • The Mount VineyardShoreham, near Sevenoaks · Kent. The Mount grows eight grape varieties on ten acres of chalk, part of a 104-acre estate in the Darent Valley.
  • Woodchurch Wine EstateWoodchurch, between Ashford and Tenterden · Kent. A Kent Weald estate, established in 2009.

Added to the directory

6 vineyards that take visitors, by region.

For the rest of England, see what’s new on English Wine Tours.