Our Wedding Venue

I took my Mum to see our wedding venue this week in the sunshine! It look so beautiful! Denbies Wine Estate in Surrey has the largest vineyard in England with 265 acres under vines, representing over 10% of the plantings in the whole of the United Kingdom. It’s visitors' centre attracts over 300,000 visitors a year. The estate is named for early owner John Denby. Originally a farmhouse, in the mid 18th century it was rebuilt as a gentleman's residence and in 1984 the Estate was purchased by a local businessman, who had the south facing slopes planted with vines. These cover 265 acres of the 627-acre estate, the remainder of which is woodland and pasture. Denbies is situated on the North Downs, a range of chalk hills, with a fertile loam topsoil. The average yield is 400,000 bottles of wine per year. The visitors' centre features a working winery, wine cellars, 360° cinema, art gallery, lecture room, two restaurants and a shop. The estate also runs Denbies Guest House in one its farmhouses and a kitchen garden centre. Around 65% of Denbies' wine is sold at the visitors' centre, with the remainder being sold to supermarkets, wholesalers and mail order. It's such a tranquil and beautiful place and I can only hope we have a wonderful sunny day like this for our wedding in October!