English Wine and Cheese Tour from London

20 reviews

Duration - 8 hours

SGD 266 p.p. onwards

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Greater London, United Kingdom

What could possibly go better together than English wine and English cheese? Quite simply nothing, they were made for each other!

This wine tour will consist of a guided tasting at the award winning Chapel Down Vineyard and Wayfarer Wines. Followed by a picnic lunch amongst the vines with of course a glass of Chapel Down wine.

Then we head to Silcocks Farm, who are well known for their delicious cheeses and organic produce which is all made right there on the farm. They will introduce you to the cheese making process and organic farming, and then onto the main event…an English Wine and English Cheese pairing with some of our favourite English Wines and English Cheeses.

You’ll get to sample a selection of some of our favourite English Wine and English cheeses and learn the all important art to pairing food and wine; before having the opportunity to purchase any of the delights we’ve sampled (and more) from the fine food store.

Available options

09:00

SGD 266
p.p. onwards

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: London Bridge Station, London England

Wine Tour Departs opposite London Bridge Station at The English Grounds, SE1 2HU.

Duration: 2 minutes

Stop At: Wayfarer Wines, Lower Susans Hill, Woodchurch TN26 3TA England

We start the day with a guided tasting at Wayfare Wines, a small producer making big things happen.

Duration: 1 minute

Stop At: Chapel Down, Small Hythe, Tenterden TN30 7NG England

Traveling out of London and across the chalk soil of the Kent North Downs we will make our way through beautiful English countryside and arrive at Chapel Down Winery. Chapel Down is nestled in the 15th century shipbuilding port known as the hamlet of Small Hythe were we will explore the vineyard and learn about English viticulture. You'll enjoy a fully guided tasting of their range of English sparkling and still wines. There will be plenty of time to wonder around and browse the wine shop after the tasting.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Chapel Down, Small Hythe, Tenterden TN30 7NG England

Enjoy a delicious locally sourced picnic lunch in the grounds of Chapel Down. All served with a glass of English wine of course.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Silcocks Farm Shop and Cafe, Grange Rd, St Michaels, Tenterden TN30 6TL, UK

Silcocks Farm is a pure organic farm where quality and goodness thrives! Here we learn all about the cheese making process and get to try Silcock's famous cheeses. We will enter the milk production diary and venture into the cheese room to discuss with the cheesemaker herself. Then for the main event we pair 6 of our favourite English Wines with 6 of our favourite English Cheeses in a seated guided tasting. Delicious!

Duration: 2 hours

Terms & conditions

All sales are final and incur 100% cancellation penalties.

Additional info

Wheelchair accessible
Minimum age is 18 years
Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Service animals allowed
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers
Confirmation will be received at time of booking

Inclusions

Day includes:
Transport from and to London
Full Vineyard Tour and Tasting at Chapel Down Vineyard
Lunch with English wine
Guided tasting of 6 English wines paired with 6 English Cheeses
Bottled water
Entry/Admission - Wayfarer Wines

Departure time

09:00 AM

Departure point

English Grounds, London SE1, UK

Recent reviews

M9267XDnk 29th October 2023

Many thanks Justin and Nicola for a really enjoyable day. Justin provided lots of interesting information on the journey and the two tastings provided great opportunities to try some excellent wines we had not previously encountered. We found the cheese and wine pairing session very good, learning lots about both the wines and the cheeses and have found some new favourites in both! Would thoroughly recommend this tour, learned lots and had good fun too.

887fraserc 4th September 2023

My tour was a present from my wife and what an excellent present it turned out to be. There were 9 of us in the group and a good time was had by all. Visited Chapel Down and Wayfarer vineyards in Kent. Nicola's advice was to have a 'hearty' breakfast. Good call, we sampled 12 wines before lunch! A pub lunch,food was excellent, served with a fine glass of Rosé We finished the afternoon with a cheese tasting experience with a further 6 glasses of wine. Our hosts, Nicola and Justin were informative and entertaining. I thouroughly recommend English Wine Tasting Tours Fraser

Spg186338 18th August 2023

We went as a group of 4 for a milestone birthday. We all thought it was so brilliant. It was a rainy day but that made no difference to the enjoyment. We were picked up in Central London, taken to 2 vineyards, a lovely pub and then a farm. We tasted delicious wine, sumptuous cheese and learnt loads all with no hard sell. The day pivoted to an indoor venue with ease and it did nothing to take away from the fun. I would highly recommend this for an absolute stress free, fun day out that is amazing value for money

J7242RDalicew 7th July 2023

I had such a wonderful time here, I'd give 6 stars if I could!!!! I've never felt so looked after it was as if they'd given birth to me and I was their tiny baby

OCL-gsy 5th July 2023

On the way to the vineyards, Justin provided us with comprehensive background knowledge on the birth and progression of English wines. There was plenty of opportunity to try the different sparkling and white wines and the wine and cheese paring at the end of the afternoon was perfect!

Lusine_G 2nd July 2023

Very well organized day! Wonderful wine experience!I recommend this tour to wine lovers!a lot if wine tastings, interesting picnic lunch and interesting cheese and wine pairings!

Jon E 24th August 2020

Justin picked us up from our hotel and from that moment talked us through his fantastic knowledge. We visited two English vineyards. There was a mix of Fizz, Rose and White! They were all surprisingly good. Lots to drink, a goody bag, lunch at a local pub, a perfect day!

shnikk 23rd August 2020

We booked a private vineyards tour for a group of friends with English Wine Tasting Tours We visited Sedlescombe Organic, Chapel Down, and Woodchurch Estate and had lunch at The William Caxton. The day went from 10am-5pm. We tried 4-6 wines at each place and had a great pub lunch too. Justin led the tour and was awesome - tonnes of knowledge and super friendly. We also met Nicola his wife who runs the business. They were super flexible throughout the booking process and the tour and even helped to retrieve a lost phone from the train on the day (thank you!) Will definitely book more tours with this great company in the future

T6616FEbenw 19th August 2020

After having done just the wine tour by itself a couple of years ago, came back with a group to do the wine and cheese tour. Justin was a great tour leader - very personable and knowledgeable. The chosen winery - Chapel Down - is well worth a visit. We were looked after really well by Justin and Nicola throughout the day and got to taste some lovely English wines - mostly sparkling. The second stop of wine and cheese pairing was set in a great little function room overlooking a vineyard. The pairings were well put together to give a treat to the taste buds. Highly recommended tour, with great hosts and an enjoyable experience.

davinaj3000 17th August 2020

My friends and I attended the English Cheese and Wine tasting tour in August 2020. We booked the tour earlier in the year before the Covid-19 outbreak, and luckily we could still attend due to the measures Justin and Nicola put in place. Before the tour Nicola was very efficient via email and telephone, helping to ensure the trip would run successfully with the correct social distancing measures in place. Our transport to the vineyards enabled us to socially distance comfortably. Both Chapel Down and Woodchurch vineyard tours and tastings were great, and I particularly enjoyed the afternoon’s wine and cheese tasting hosted by Nicola and Justin, who have great knowledge of the perfect pairings. Thank you both for going above and beyond to give us a fantastic day out!