EnglishWine.com - Vineyard List

Vineyards in the UK, the Republic of Ireland and the Channel Islands

There are over 700 individual vineyards in the British Isles ranging from extremely small ones (the smallest only has six vines) to ones of almost 90-ha (222-acres). Together they total around 2,000-ha (4,942-acres). Some of the larger wine producers have multiple vineyards, Nyetimber being the largest with seven separate sites covering 171-ha (423-acres). Other large producers include Gusbourne 93-ha (230-acres), Denbies 90-ha (222-acres), and Chapel Down 78-ha (192-acres). Many of the larger producers - Chapel Down, Ridgeview, Camel Valley and others - also buy grapes from vineyards which are usually under long-term contract to them or with which they have grape supply agreements. The list available below has 43 growers with less than 0.10-ha; 50 growers of between 5 and 9-ha; and 37 growers of 10-ha or more. Together, the largest 100 producers control around 75% of the UK’s wine production.

Under EU regulations, all vineyards of 0.10-ha or more (0.25-acres) have to be registered with the Wine Standards Branch of the Food Standards Agency who issue a Vineyard Register (VR). In August 2015 this showed the UK as having 1,654-ha (4,087-acres) of commercial vineyards, together with another 159-ha (393-acres) of ‘hobby’ and ‘abandoned’ vineyards owned by 156 growers which make no commercial wine. The VR also shows there to be 131 producers with wineries and 342 producers without, a total of 473 producers. Unfortunately, owing to various factors, the VR is out-of-date and incomplete and cannot be relied upon to be 100% accurate.

Click links to view / download:

UK Vine Varieties	Excel \| PDF	07/22
UK Vineyards List	Excel \| PDF	11/11/20
UK Vineyards by county	Excel	11/11/20
UK Vineyards by region	Excel	11/11/20
UK Vineyards production totals	Excel	07/03/22
Google Drive
Interactive vineyards map

Vineyard production data for Great Britain 2011-2021

Last updated: 5th January 2023

Year	Total Planted Ha	Total Commercial Vineyards Ha	Hobby Vineyards Ha	Abandoned Vineyards Ha	Ha. In production	Ha. Not in prod.	% of total not in prod	Total Yield in Hl.	Yield Hl-Ha	No. of Commercial Vineyards	Av. Size of Commercial Vineyards	No. of Wineries	No 75 cl bottles in m
1975	196				150	46	23.47%
1984	430				325	105	24.42%	13,510		281		120	1.80
1986	488				356	132	27.05%	6,531	18.35				0.87
1988	546				382	164	30.04%	4,110	10.76				0.55
1989	876				652	224	25.57%	21,447	32.89	442	1.98	147	2.86
1990	929				629	300	32.29%	14,442	22.96	445	2.09	147	1.93
1991	992				650	342	34.48%	15,429	23.74	454	2.19	150	2.06
1992	1054				701	353	33.49%	26,428	37.70	457	2.31	157	3.52
1993	1065				767	298	27.98%	17,504	22.82	479	2.22	148	2.33
1994	1035				733	302	29.18%	17,693	24.14	435	2.38	123	2.36
1995	984				745	239	24.29%	12,651	16.98	413	2.38	115	1.69
1996	965				775	190	19.69%	26,080	33.65	408	2.37	123	3.48
1997	949				791	158	16.65%	6,460	8.17	386	2.46	114	0.86
1998	901				842	59	6.55%	11,202	13.30	382	2.36	108	1.49
1999	872				835	37	4.29%	13,272	15.90	373	2.34	106	1.77
2000	857				822	35	4.08%	14,215	17.29	363	2.36	106	1.90
2001	836				801	35	4.15%	15,817	19.75	350	2.39	105	2.11
2002	812				789	23	2.83%	9,385	11.89	333	2.44	114	1.25
2003	773				756	18	2.26%	14,503	19.20	333	2.32	109	1.93
2004	761				722	39	5.12%	19,071	26.41	339	2.24	106	2.54
2005	793				722	71	8.95%	12,806	17.74	353	2.25	90	1.71
2006	923				747	176	19.07%	25,267	33.82	362	2.55	102	3.37
2007	992				697	295	29.74%	9,948	14.27	383	2.59	98	1.33
2008	1,106				785	321	29.04%	10,087	12.85	416	2.66	116	1.34
2009	1,215				946	269	22.14%	23,835	25.20	381	3.19	109	3.18
2010	1,324				1,095	229	17.30%	30,346	27.71	404	2.77	114	4.05
2011	1,384				1,208	176	12.72%	22,659	18.76	419	3.30	124	3.02
2012	1,438				1,297	141	9.81%	7,750	5.98	432	2.78	128	1.03
2013	1,884	1,738	76	70	1,375	363	19.27%	33,385	24.28	448	3.88	131	4.45
2014	1,840	1,691	54	95	1,506	185	10.05%	47,434	31.50	473	3.58	131	6.32
2015	1,956	1,839	56	61	1,655	184	9.41%	37,977	22.95	502	3.66	133	5.06
2016	2,077	1,957	66	54	1,612	345	16.61%	31,116	19.30	525	3.73	135	4.15
2017	2,245	2,125	66	54	1,677	448	19.96%	39,574	23.60	523	4.06	151	5.28
2018	2,889	2,769	66	54	2,138	631	21.84%	98,289	45.97	674	4.11	164	13.11
2019	3,300	3,180	66	54	2,438	742	22.48%	78,607	32.24	725	4.39	171	10.48
2020	3,380	3,260	66	54	2,378	882	26.09%	79,128	27.80	800	4.08	190	8.81
2021	3781	3661	66	54	2,841	820	21.69%	66,107	23.62	879	4.16	195	8.95
2022	4100	3980	66	54	3,200	780	19.02%	102,400	32.00				13.65
Data for 2022 is estimated. Long term averages: 10 years 28.33 hl-ha, 5 years 32.33 hl-ha. Surveys before 1989 were voluntary and data is therefore not reliable. From 1994, figures exclude vineyards not in active production.