Winners of WineGB Awards 2025 revealed
22nd July 2025
WineGB has unveiled the winners of this year’s awards, with Langham Wine Estate achieving the competition’s first ever 99 points and eight trophies. Two wineries from Devon are also among the best performers.
Dorset-based Langham secured eight trophies overall, including Supreme Champion, Best Sparkling Wine and Best Premium Sparkling Wine for its Perpetual MV, which received 99 points.
The estate also picked up the trophy for the best NV Classic Cuvée for its Culver Classic Cuvée NV, Best Blanc de Blancs for its Blanc de Blancs NV, Best Blanc de Noirs for its Pinot Noir 2019, the regional trophy for Wessex and the title of the Best Producer.
Other high achievers this year were Devon’s Lyme Bay, which won Best Chardonnay, along with Best Still Wine, Best White Wine and the regional trophy for the West for its Martin’s Lane Chardonnay 2020, while London-based Blackbook Winery secured the trophy for the Best Red and Best Pinot Noir for its Nightjar 2022 and the regional trophy for the South East with its Pygmalion South Bank Vineyard Chardonnay 2022. All three of these wines were produced from fruit sourced from the county of Essex.
Also picking up multiple trophies was Sandridge Barton in Devon. The winery won Best Alternative White and Best Innovative White for its Sonny 2022 Pinot Blanc and Best Orange Wine for its Pinot Gris 2019. Wiltshire’s Domaine Hugo also bagged three trophies (Best Vintage Sparkling, Best Classic Cuvée and Best Boutique Wine) for its Hugo 2020, winning Best Vintage Sparkling for the second consecutive year.
Other winners
Other winners in the sparkling wine category were Hampshire’s Black Chalk, which won the Best Sparkling Rosé for its Wild Rose 2021 as well as Northamptonshire’s Stonyfield (Best Sparkling Blend) for its English Sparkling Wine White 2019.
Somerset-based Wraxall repeated its 2023 triumph and picked up the trophy for Best Bacchus with its Bacchus Reserve 2022, while Best Still Rosé went to Kent’s Cobham House Rose 2024. Flying the flag for Wales, Vale Vineyard – Gwinllan Y Dyffryn was awarded the trophy for Best Alternative Red for its Robin Goch 2023.
This year’s Best SWGB Wine went to West Sussex’s Leonardslee Family Vineyards for its Brut Reserve 2021; Best Newcomer was won by East Sussex’s Walgate, while Best Contract Winery was awarded to Gloucestershire stalwart Three Choirs.
Other regional winners were Flint Vineyard’s Silex 2023 (East), Halfpenny Green Wine Estate’s Brut Reserve 2013 (Midlands & North), All Angels’ 10 Year Anniversary Classic Cuvée 2014 (Thames & Chilterns), and Jabajak Vineyard White House Sparkling Blush 2021 (Wales).
The trophy winners can be viewed here along with their judging notes. For the full list of results, click here.
‘Truly spectacular array of trophy winners’
Co-chairman of the judging panel, Peter Richards MW, said: “What a year this was at the WineGB Awards! It was not only an immense privilege to taste such a vibrant, eclectic, ambitious range of wines – it was fun too.
“And that reflects the fun the winemakers are clearly having experimenting, pushing the boundaries, and fine-tuning their craft. These were wines brimming with confidence and ambition – and both Susie and I, together with our brilliant team of judges, loved every minute of the judging, which inspired some intriguing (and sometimes heated) discussion.
“You only have to look at the diversity and quality of the trophy winners to see that the modern GB wine basket overflows with delicious bounties across a wide range of styles. The fact this year saw the first 99-point wine is no coincidence. Standout categories include multi-vintage (and non-vintage) sparkling blends and still Chardonnay.
“Not forgetting the ‘innovation’ wines – from flor-aged fortified Pinot Blanc to multi-vintage Chardonnay. GB wine is a category you cannot take your eyes off, and the results speak for themselves.”
Greg Sherwood MW, panel lead, added: “As a seasoned fine wine specialist with many years of judging experience, I was suitably impressed with both the breadth of styles and the premium quality of all the trophy winners this year.
“The attention to detail from all the winners more than justifies their prestigious awards. Incredibly, Langham Wine Estate really shot the lights out with their beautifully crafted sparkling wines that were, for all judges over multiple days, some of the most profound wines of the week.
“But the still wine category winners also represent the incredible growth, evolution, and maturity of the industry’s fine wine offerings in the UK – reds, whites and rosé wines that can all hold their heads up high. A truly spectacular array of trophy winners this year!”
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