12 of the best English sparkling wines to buy, 2025

Once considered a curiosity, English sparkling wine has now firmly established itself among the world’s finest fizz. Crafted using similar methods to Champagne, these English wines are typically made from classic grape varieties such as Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Pinot Meunier. Thanks to England’s chalky soils and cool climate, they deliver remarkable freshness, delicate bubbles, and a distinctive crisp acidity that rivals their French counterparts.

To help you find the very best bottles, our drinks experts taste-tested and rated a selection of the best English sparkling wines, from well-known big producers to up and coming boutique vineyards, ranging from £25 to £45 a bottle. Here, we reveal our top 12 picks — the bottles worth celebrating, whatever the occasion.

Best English sparkling wine at a glance

• Best richly flavoured English sparkling wine: Wyfold Vineyard English Sparkling Brut 2017, £38
• Best for food pairing: Harrow & Hope English Sparkling Blanc de Blancs 2020, £40
• Best budget English sparkling wine: Laithwaites English Heritage Sparkling Rosé NV, £28
• Best sustainable English sparkling wine: Virgin Wines 25th Anniversary Limited Edition English Sparkling Brut NV, £38.99
• Best English Pet Nat: Good Day Pet Nat, £25.55
• Best elegant English sparkling wine: Black Chalk Classic Cuvée 2022, £40
• Best English sparkling rosé: Exton Park RB|23 Rosé NV, £39
• Best own label brut: Candover Brook Brut NV, £38
• Best organic English sparkling wine: Davenport Limney Estate 2014, £27
• Best non-vintage English sparkling wine: Redfold Vineyard Ambriel Classic Cuvée NV, £33
• Best with strawberries: Bolney Cuvée Rosé 2018, £39.95
• Best rosé English sparkling wine: Everflyht Rosé de Saignée 2019, £45
  

Best English sparkling wine to buy 2025

Wyfold Vineyard English Sparkling Brut 2017

• Available from Laithwaites (£38)

Best richly flavoured English sparkling wine

Rating: 4.5/5
ABV: 12%

Wyfold is Barbara Laithwaite’s two-hectare Oxfordshire vineyard, high on a south-facing slope of flinty gravel and chalk in the Chilterns. Using a traditional blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier, the grapes are sent off to Barbera’s son Henry’s Harrow & Hope winery, where they’re expertly crafted into great English sparkling wine.

The 2017 Brut is lees-aged for five years, which gives the wine a particularly bold flavour, with remarkable richness. Typical apple and pastry aromas are joined by elegant mineral length, with lime juice, orange peel, sweet cherry, pear and soft peach notes on the palate, finished with bright acidity typical of the style. Best served only slightly chilled to let the flavours standout. JH

Available from:
Laithwaites (£38)

Harrow & Hope English Sparkling Blanc de Blancs 2020

• Available from Laithwaites (£40)

Best for food pairing

Rating: 4.5/5
ABV: 12%

Winner of Gold in the International Wine Challenge 2025, the Blanc de Blancs 2020 from Harrow & Hope in Marlow is a fine example of an English sparkling wine. Using 100% Chardonnay grown in a single vineyard which sits on an ancient Thames gravel terrace, wild yeast fermentation in the barrel and minimal sulphur, the wine is lees aged for four years.

Lemon, green apple and mineral aromas dominate the nose, while the palate is fruity with notes of lime, grapefruit, apple, peach, quince, nice pastry notes and a dry, acidic finish. JH

Available from:
Laithwaites (£40)

Laithwaites English Heritage Sparkling Rosé NV

• Available from Laithwaites (£28)

Best budget English sparkling wine

Rating: 3.5/5
ABV: 12%

Showcasing outstanding English sparkling wine and celebrating the global reputation it has gained, English Heritage has collaborated with Ridgeview Estate in Sussex for this sparkling rosé.

Produced with a trio of high-quality Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Meunier grapes, using the same traditional method as champagne with long lees ageing, the resulting wine has a gorgeous toasty complexity with bright summer berry, green apple and citrus notes, creamy mousse and an elegant finish with toasted brioche flavours. JH

Available from:
Laithwaites (£28)

Virgin Wines 25th Anniversary Limited Edition English Sparkling Brut NV

• Available from Virgin Wines (£38.99)

Best sustainable English sparkling wine

Rating: 4/5
ABV: 11.5%

To celebrate their 25th anniversary, Virgin Wines have launched a small-batch English sparkling brut, produced by one of their favourite English winemakers, Collette O’Leary, Head Winemaker at Henners in Sussex. Committed to sustainable vineyard and winery practices, Henners are a founding member of Sustainable Wines of Great Britain, led by a small team.

This particular English sparkling wine is crafted in the traditional method and is particularly elegant with notes of marzipan joining green apple, lemon zest, buttery pastry and just a touch of subtle spiciness on the creamy, biscuity finish. JH

Available from:
Virgin Wines (£38.99)

Good Day Pet Nat

• Available from Shop Cuvee (£25.55)

Best English Pet Nat

Rating: 5/5
ABV: 10.5%

This English Pet Nat wine has been produced by Ben Walgate of Tillingham fame especially for London-based restaurant, wine shop and wholesaler Top Cuvée. It is an outstanding version of the style.

Crafted with Sussex-grown Pinot Noir, Rondo, Phoenix and Seyval grapes, it’s a really vibrant and fruity wine, complex and well-balanced, with summer berry, strawberries and cream sweets a hint of vanilla and pronounced tartness with echoes of rhubarb that lingers on the finish. Best served chilled (slightly cooler than typical sparkling wines). JH

Available from:
Shop Cuvee (£25.55)

Black Chalk Classic Cuvée 2022

• Available from Black Chalk Wine (£40)

Best elegant English sparkling wine

Rating: 5/5
ABV: 12%

Black Chalk Classic Cuvée 2022 is the latest release from the dynamic English wine producer based in Hampshire’s Test Valley. Since 2015, Black Chalk have become particularly renowned for their approach to winemaking: reflecting their chalk soils, using minimal intervention and producing with meticulous attention to detail.

For the 2022 vintage, a blend of hand-harvested Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier grapes undergo whole bunch pressing for purity of flavour before being cool fermented with 10% fermented oak, then aged for at least 22 months on lees and a further six months on cork post-disgorgement. The result is an exceptionally crisp wine with fresh acidity, well-balanced with just a hint of oak richness, lovely creaminess from the long lees-aging and a long, vibrant finish. JH

Available from:
Black Chalk Wine (£40)

Exton Park RB|23 Rosé NV

• Available from Exton Park (£39)

Best English sparkling rosé

Rating: 4/5
ABV: 11.5%

Founded by Malcolm Isaac MBE, a UK salad industry pioneer, Exton Park’s first vines were planted in 2003 with the intent of becoming one of the leading English sparkling wine producers in the Hampshire Valley. The Exton Park RB|23 Rosé NV has since become the estate’s most popular wine, using hand-harvested grapes from their single vineyard, pressed plot-by-plot before being stored in their library of reserve wines.

This particular blend is a delicate, dry rosé with balanced floral character, ripe peach, sweet cherry and apple notes alongside vibrant acidity and some feint burnt sugar on the long finish. JH

Available from:
Exton Park (£39)

Candover Brook Brut NV

• Available from Candover Brook (£38)

Best own label brut

Rating: 4/5
ABV: 12%

Crafted at the Sainsbury family’s regenerative farm estate in Hampshire, Candover Brook Brut NV is based on the 2019 harvest from the farm’s single vineyard. It is all hand-harvested, whole-bunch-pressed and vinified in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks.

To produce this particular wine, base wines from the 2019 vintage are blended with reserve wines from a solera dating back to 2011, which gives the wine plenty of aromatic complexity. Aged for a minimum of 42 months on lees, the wine has bold floral and lively young fruit notes alongside some nutty overtones, creamy vanilla, orchard fruits and a long, mineral finish. JH

Available from:
Candover Brook (£38)

Davenport Limney Estate 2014

• Available from Corkk, £27

Best organic sparkling wine

It’s not easy growing organic grapes in England’s damp climate, but Davenport manages it with style. The fruit is superb with notes of lemon peel and crunchy green apples. I imagine this would be incredible with shellfish. HJ

Available from:
Corkk (£27)

Redfold Vineyard Ambriel Classic Cuvée NV

• Available from Corkk, £33

Best non-vintage

A producer based in the South Downs in West Sussex. This wine smells of caramelised apple with a touch of yeast extract, take a sip and there’s firm lemony acidity with beautiful delicate little bubbles and a yeasty finish. HJ

Available from:
Corkk (£33)

Bolney Cuvée Rosé 2018

• Available from Slurp (£39.95)

Best with strawberries

Don’t be fooled by the pale colour, this is meaty wine. With its dark cherry flavours it tastes almost like a red wine. For the money, I’d rather drink this over most pink champagnes. HJ

Available from:
Slurp (£39.95)

Everflyht Rosé de Saignée 2019

• Available from Threshers (£45)

Best rosé wine

The name might be unusual but new brand Everflyt is doing some remarkable things. If you think rosés can be a bit boring then think again. This is bursting with raspberries with cranberries with oaky flavours and even a little tannin. It’s a little bit wild and all the better for it. HJ

Available from:
Threshers (£45)

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