Vineyards bring to mind temperate landscapes in Southern Europe, Northern California, and northern Argentina. The damp pastures of England are probably the last places you’d think of when discussing fine wine. But with climate change and rising temperatures in the U.K., England’s wine industry is rapidly expanding. Expert wine-makers from around the world are moving to Southern England to produce Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.
Tommy Grimshaw, 27, is at the forefront of this new wave. Since 2020, he’s been the head wine-maker of Langham Wine Estate, in Dorchester, which produces England’s most prestigious sparkling white wine. While Veuve Clicquot won the International Wine & Spirit Sparkling Wine Producer of the Year in 2019, Langham Wine Estate took the title in 2020, beating out 700 applicants from around the world.
