Starting with Balfour in the north-west and heading towards Romney Marsh.
1Balfour at Hush Heath
Staplehurst
First planted in 2002, this 400-acre estate is best known for Balfour Brut Rosé.
Visiting: Open every day of the year, 10am to 6pm from Sunday to Wednesday and until 10.30pm from Thursday to Saturday. The self-guided estate walk is free and needs no booking. Everything else is booked, and midweek is cheaper. A tutored tasting is £40 from Monday to Wednesday or £45 from Thursday to Sunday, and the two-hour tour and tasting £50 midweek or £70 at weekends. A self-tutored tasting starts at £15, and from November to March there is a tour and tasting with sharing platters for £60. The Winemakers’ Kitchen does lunch every day and dinner later in the week, but the estate’s own pages disagree about which evenings, so ask when you book. A free shuttle bus runs from Marden station to the winery from Friday to Sunday. The estate’s questions page says Saturday and Sunday only, so confirm it before you rely on it. From Monday to Thursday you need a pre-booked taxi.
Our full guide Vineyard website Book a walk and tasting Buy the Brut Rosé, £38.99
2Biddenden Vineyards
Biddenden
The Barnes family founded Kent’s original vineyard here in 1969. It grows 12 grape varieties and makes cider and juice as well as wine.
Visiting: From May to September there is a choice of tours. The self-guided one is £15 with a tasting flight of three wines, on a 20 or 40 minute route. The guided Open Tours take about an hour and a half, cost £30 and run Wednesday to Saturday, booked ahead for two or more. In October and November and from January to March the tour moves indoors as the Behind the Glass tour, also £30 and booked ahead. The shop is open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, all year, but weekends change through the year. In summer and from 17 November to 24 December it opens on Saturdays 10am to 5pm and Sundays 11am to 4pm. The rest of the year it opens on Saturdays and bank holidays, 11am to 4pm, and there is no weekend opening at all from 12 January to 8 February. Sharing boards of local food can be ordered online. Dogs on leads are welcome on the vineyard walks and in the yard, but only assistance dogs in the shop.
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3Chapel Down
Tenterden
Chapel Down is one of England’s biggest wine producers, with more than 700 acres of vineyards across the south-east to draw on. It won Best Large Cellar Door at the first WineGB Cellar Door Awards in 2026.
Visiting: Open all year, and a lot of it works without booking. The self-guided vineyard walk is free and needs no booking, and the tasting bar does a £15 walk-in flight of three wines. Guided tours with a tutored tasting start at £30. The winery shop opens every day, 10am to 5pm, and is open later from Thursday to Saturday in summer. The Swan restaurant is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays, and in winter it runs a five-course dining experience at £130 a head. Dogs on leads are welcome around the vineyard and in the shop, though not in the restaurant or on guided tours. By taxi it is about 20 minutes from Headcorn station or 35 from Ashford International, and you should book the taxi both ways before you set off.
Our full guide Vineyard website Day trip from London Buy the Brut, £27.95
4Woodchurch Wine Estate
Woodchurch, between Ashford and Tenterden
A Kent Weald estate, established in 2009.
Visiting: Open all year on Thursday and Friday, 12pm to 5pm, and Saturday and Sunday, 11am to 5pm. Last food orders are an hour before closing. For the free self-guided tour, which takes about 20 minutes, pick up a map from the bar. The guided tour and tasting is booked ahead, lasts about an hour and a quarter and costs £30.
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5Gusbourne
Appledore, near Ashford
Gusbourne makes only vintage wines, from vines first planted in 2004 on the edge of Romney Marsh.
Visiting: The Nest, its cellar door, opens every day from 10am to 5pm. The 45-minute self-guided walk and the shop need no booking. Tours and tastings do, starting with a £30 sparkling tasting flight; the guided tour and tasting is £50 and the estate tour with lunch £120. Hosted experiences are for adults. On most Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays walk-in visitors can also have wine by the glass or bottle with snacks and platters, out on the terrace from May to September and indoors in autumn and winter, but ring ahead to make sure. Dogs are welcome outdoors and on the ground floor of The Nest. Ignore Appledore station, which has no taxis or buses. Come by taxi from Ashford International instead, where the estate’s preferred firm charges a set £30 fare if you book in advance.
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6Warehorne Vineyard
Warehorne, near Ashford
A young vineyard on the edge of Romney Marsh. Alongside Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay it grows Cabernet Noir and the Swiss grape Divico.
Visiting: The cellar door opens on Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 5pm. A guided tour and tasting takes about an hour and a half and costs £15, and a seated tasting is £12. Both are booked through the vineyard’s online shop, though in October 2026 neither had any dates on sale. Email to arrange a private tour. Ham Street station is a ten to fifteen minute walk away.
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7Oast Wood
Potts Farm, Tenterden
Planted in 2021 on a working farm outside Tenterden, Oast Wood makes Bacchus, Chardonnay and rosé, and pours them in a converted cart shed.
Visiting: From Easter to harvest the tasting room takes drop-in visitors at weekends, 12pm to 4pm, and on selected Fridays in summer; wine is sold by the glass, bottle or case. Tours and tastings of about 90 minutes, some with lunch, run on selected dates and are booked ahead. Cheese, charcuterie and vegetarian platters are best ordered in advance. Children are welcome, and well-behaved dogs too, as long as they are kept under control around the livestock. You can walk in on a public footpath from Tenterden Town station on the steam railway.
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Davenport Vineyards
Horsmonden, near Tonbridge
Will Davenport makes the wine himself at this organic vineyard and winery at Hazel Street Farm.
Visiting: Friday is the day to buy wine, when the winery shop at Horsmonden opens from 11am to 4.30pm; check the website before travelling. Vineyard tours and guided tastings happen on only a few set dates, along with seasonal events, all announced on the website and booked ahead.
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8Brissenden Vineyard
East Sutton, near Maidstone
Between Headcorn and Sutton Valence, this small family vineyard makes English wine and sparkling cider.
Visiting: Visits are by arrangement only, through the enquiry page on its website, and no set opening hours or prices are published. You can ask for a private guided tour with a look round the winery, or a tasting package. There are picnic benches among the vines, where you can bring a picnic or ask for one, and order a bottle. A small campsite in the vines is let to one group at a time.
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9Wayfarer Wines
Woodchurch, near Ashford
Not to be confused with Woodchurch Wine Estate, Wayfarer is a small vineyard at Highfield Farm in Woodchurch with tours and tastings.
Visiting: Book the vineyard tour and tasting on its website, at £25 a head; the days and times show up when you book. You can pre-order a bottle to drink after the tour.
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10Ham Street Wines
Hamstreet, near Ashford
A grower and producer of certified biodynamic, natural wines from a vineyard on Warehorne Road just outside Hamstreet.
Visiting: On walk-in days, one Saturday a month from May to September, visitors can drop in for a tasting, a glass of wine, food or a self-guided tour. Private tours cost £25 a head (minimum four people) and are booked through the contact form.
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11Heartenoak Vineyard
Hawkhurst, near Cranbrook
A small family-run vineyard and winery in the High Weald, planted with 14,750 vines in 2020, which makes still wines on site in small batches.
Visiting: Tours and tastings are available on request; contact the vineyard by email or phone to arrange a visit. The site also has a shop.
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Four Daughters
Hunton, near Maidstone
A fourth-generation family fruit farm and vineyard on the Greensand Ridge, run by four sisters, whose wines won WineGB medals in 2025.
Visiting: The farm opens only for events: blossom walks with a glass of wine in mid-April, and cherry and apricot picking weekends in July, when vineyard tours and wine tastings (extra charge) run through the day. Dates are announced through the newsletter and tickets are limited.
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12Herbert Hall
Marden, near Maidstone
A small family-owned winery making Traditional Method sparkling wines from a five-hectare organic vineyard that Nicholas Hall planted in 2007 with Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier on his great-grandfather’s farm.
Visiting: Bar HH at the winery opens on Saturdays (12pm to 7pm) and Sundays (12pm to 6pm) from late April to mid-September, serving its own wines alongside other drinks; openings depend on the weather, so check its Instagram before going. Winery visits are by appointment only.
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