All Angels Vineyard - Hand-Crafted English Sparkling Wine in West Berkshire
Nestled in the rolling Berkshire countryside just five minutes from Newbury and only 45 minutes by direct train from London Paddington, All Angels Vineyard is one of England's most characterful small family wineries. Set on the historic Church Farm estate in the parish of Enborne, the vineyard takes its evocative name from the twelfth-century parish church of St Michael and All Angels that stands next to its smallest plot, an enduring reminder that this is a place where centuries of rural heritage meet the patient craft of traditional-method English sparkling wine.
At All Angels the philosophy is uncompromising: "Our intention has never been to produce wines in huge volumes, simply to produce wines of the highest quality." Every bottle released is estate-grown, hand-nurtured and aged far beyond industry norms on lees in bottle, in pursuit of depth, precision and the unmistakable hallmark of a long, slow English vintage.
A Family Vineyard Born in 2011
All Angels is the work of the Darley family, custodians of Church Farm since 2009. Founder and former City lawyer Mark Darley had originally intended the farm as a weekend retreat, but he and his wife Christine quickly fell under the spell of the historic house, the gardens, fields and ponds. Sunday evening conversations that began as aspirations for "lock-up and leave" weekends soon turned, after a well-timed episode of Countryfile, to dreams of vines. An exacting terroir analysis was commissioned and produced a compelling answer: the sandy loam over green sand, the warming gravel and flint, and the gentle south-facing slopes at Enborne were ideal for growing grapes for outstanding English sparkling wine.
The first vine was planted in May 2011. The vineyard name, All Angels, was taken from the nearby C12th parish church, the estate's oldest neighbour. The All Angels shield reflects the unique story of Church Farm and its surroundings, spanning eight centuries and shaping the history of Britain itself. Kay (DipWSET, Brand Strategy and Marketing) joined the team in 2019 after a career in corporate London and now leads on wine strategy, while Christine oversees operations and the elegant restoration of the farmhouse and the Tasting Barn. Three Labradors - Skeena, Copper and Kasi - double as the vineyard's Guardian Angels, patrolling the rows at dawn and dusk to keep cheeky rabbits, pigeons and pheasants at bay.
The story is rounded out by a passionate commitment to volunteer days: typical four to six-hour sessions that begin with a welcome cuppa and end with a glass of All Angels in the barn. Volunteers help with pruning, wire-raising and harvest, and are an essential part of the team throughout the seasons.
Volunteering and Belonging
All Angels regularly welcomes a small army of enthusiastic volunteers into the vineyard, particularly at key moments such as winter pruning and harvest. A typical day begins with a welcome cuppa, a round of introductions, and a short overview of All Angels and the session ahead. After a full safety briefing the team moves into the vineyard in pairs or small groups to work through tasks such as vine pruning, trellis wire raising or grape harvesting. All equipment is provided; the day finishes with a delicious All Angels supper and a couple of glasses of the estate's award-winning sparkling wine. The experience can be a one-off or the start of joining the volunteer team, working the vineyard through the seasons.
The Vineyards: South-Facing Slopes, Sandy Soils and Lots of Wildlife
All Angels' vineyards face south with rolling slopes that maximise the sun's rays throughout the year. The soils are free-draining sandy loam over green sand, interspersed with warming gravel, flint and shallow clay deposits, ideal growing conditions for the classic cool-climate trio of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier that underpins the All Angels range, with Pinot Gris and the red-skinned hybrid Rondo playing important supporting roles, particularly in the sparkling rosés.
Nurturing the vines is hands-on. Hardly a day goes by when the team is not walking the rows, watching them develop and deciding on the next step to bring them to their peak. Sustainable practice is woven into everything: the Holtwood block has been transformed from rough scrubland into a wildflower meadow interspersed with apple orchards and ponds, providing a haven for wild bees, wetland wildlife and an extraordinary cast of birdlife including boxing hares, thermal-gliding red kites and bats at dusk.
Sustainability, in Their Own Words
Their mantra is simple and direct: "We are here for a short time, and we need to leave the land in a better place than it was found." A love and respect for nature runs through everything the family does. Wildlife watching is described as a timeless privilege, and the wider estate has become a mosaic of wildflower meadows, hedges and ponds. See their work in action on a guided tour.
The Wines: Patience, Precision and Six Years (or More) on Lees
All Angels produces single-vintage traditional-method English sparkling wines shaped by patient ageing in bottle on the lees, often for six years or more. Each release reflects the growing season of that year and the team's blending decisions: "There is no rush - heaven can wait: perfection takes time."
Classic Cuvée 2019 - The Multi-Award Best Seller
All Angels' flagship and most decorated wine. Classic Cuvée 2019 is a traditional-method blend of Chardonnay (48%), Pinot Noir (43%) and Pinot Meunier (9%), aged a minimum of six years on lees and a further six months on cork. The extended lees ageing and unusually high proportion of Pinot Noir give a wine of unmistakable depth: "Light golden colour, exuberant, fine bubbles. Layers of pastry, croissant and lemon patisserie notes, alongside flavours of English apple turnover, honeysuckle and crushed wild strawberry as the wine develops in glass. Finely balanced, fresh acidity, beautiful, lengthy finish."
This vintage has been turning heads across the industry. It was awarded Gold at the Global Sparkling Masters 2026 (judged by an experienced panel of Masters of Wine) and subsequently picked up another Gold at the WineGB Awards 2026, cementing its reputation as one of the best sparkling wines produced in England today. Drinks writer and broadcaster Susy Atkins (of BBC1's Saturday Kitchen) called it "Love the rich autolytic flavours here, yeast, bread, biscuit - but still fresh and lively. Long finish - superb!" Ideal with canapés, sushi, seafood and goat's cheese salads.
RRP £42.00 per bottle. Buy Classic Cuvée 2019 direct from the vineyard.
No. 36 - A Sparkler for the Whole Meal
Released in November 2025, No. 36 is All Angels' "variation on an original theme" - a gentle, food-friendly sparkler designed to flow effortlessly from aperitif to dessert. The name is a tip of the hat to Elgar's Opus 36, the Enigma Variations, an appropriate reference for a wine that is intentionally different: fewer bubbles, softer acidity, more depth of flavour. As Mark puts it, "It's the bottle you always want to have chilling in the fridge."
The blend is Chardonnay (54%), Pinot Noir (26%) and Pinot Meunier (20%), aged six years on lees. With its notes of brioche, green apple, citrus and peach, it pairs beautifully with seafood, fish, chicken, soft cheeses like Brie and Camembert, festive platters or Sunday roast. Tim Triptree MW of Christie's called it "a very good English sparkling wine… a refreshing and vibrant citrus and apple flavoured, approachable sparkling wine." MasterChef Champion and The Silks head chef Thomas Frake described it as "An English wine of exceptional winemaking quality… long aged on lees to guarantee that signature All Angels depth of flavour; rich in yeasted, warm and buttery croissants." Limited to 8,000 bottles.
RRP £36.00 per bottle. Buy No. 36 direct from All Angels.
Sparkling Rosé 2019 - Six Years on Lees, Seven Years in the Making
Released in June 2026 after six years on lees, Sparkling Rosé 2019 is the most complex rosé All Angels has yet produced, limited to just 2,000 bottles. Unusually for English sparkling, it is a Pinot Gris-led blend (55%) complemented by Rondo (32%) and a generous 13% reserve of rich, aromatic Pinot Noir, the result of many patient vintages. Founder Mark Darley: "This is a wine we have been patient about. The 2019 harvest gave us something exceptional to work with, and the extended time on lees has produced a wine with real depth. We didn't want to rush it."
The result is "a salmon pink colour. Notes of English wild berries, preserved citrus and spiced bakewell, layered with minerals and hints of tobacco… Dry, beautifully fresh and balanced acidity. Uniform, fine and consistent bubbles. Vigorous. Tantalising, long finish." Pair with seafood, fresh sushi, sheep and goat's cheeses, Highland beef or venison carpaccio, baked ham, chicken and ham pie, wild boar risotto, Sunday lunch, or even the famed bacon sandwich. Allow roughly 20 minutes out of the fridge once opened to let the CO₂ settle.
RRP £42.00 per bottle. Buy Sparkling Rosé 2019 direct from the vineyard.
Sparkling Rosé 2018 - Stylishly Balanced
A delicate peach in colour, Sparkling Rosé 2018 is a Rondo (61%) and Pinot Gris (39%) partnership, three and a half years on lees plus a further nine months on cork. Roger Jones of The Buyer Magazine chose it as one of his ten best wines of 2023, the only English wine in his selection: "the perfect harmony of berry and savoury notes, bright freshness and precision. This would be perfect on a winter's day - and we'd say it's pretty good for spring, summer and autumn too." Aromas of raspberry, nectarine, pomegranate and softly spiced raspberry crumble lead to a fruit-forward, long, elegant finish. RRP £42.00 per bottle.
Sparkling Rosé 2014 - Outstandingly Decadent
All Angels' first ever commercial Sparkling Rosé, hand nurtured for over ten years. A 60/32/8 blend of Rondo, Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir aged a minimum of two years on lees, it has a deep, autumnal hue and aromas of cherry blossom, wild strawberries and hedgerow berries alongside smooth, slowly baked shortcake. Fiona Beckett of The Telegraph described it as "just jam-packed full of strawberry, raspberry and redcurrant summer pudding flavours." Tom Cannavan praised "a nicely balanced combination of small, dry red berry and orange fruitiness, and a line of citrussy acidity that gives it a fresh and balanced appeal." Confident on its own, with afternoon scones and jam, or with a warming fruit pudding. RRP £44.50 per bottle. View the 2014 rosé.
10-Year Anniversary Classic Cuvée - 96-Point Gold
A genuine milestone release. The 10-Year Anniversary Classic Cuvée blends Chardonnay (50%), Pinot Noir (28%), Pinot Gris (11%) and Pinot Meunier (11%) from the standout 2014 vintage, with over nine years of lees ageing and a further nine months on cork. It was awarded a 96-point Gold at the IWSC - "Alpine strawberry mingles with touches of truffle, cobnuts, and honey on toasted sourdough… beautifully defined wine with vibrant acidity and a long, nutty finish." Roger Jones called it "youthful and precise, a refined, elegant sparkling wine, that has a perfect creamy texture with bright, tantalising fruit notes…a superlative sparkling." Beautifully packaged in a 10-year anniversary gift box, currently sold out as a one-off limited release. RRP £65.00 per bottle.
The current collection is rounded out by several recent vintages including the newly launched Sparkling Rosé 2019, with bottles of all current releases available directly from the All Angels wine shop.
Tours & Tastings: Walk Among the Vines
All Angels is, at heart, a working farm, but the team opens the gates to visitors for a calendar of experiences throughout the year. Guided Tours & Tastings run from April to October, weather permitting. Each experience lasts 90 minutes to two hours and includes a guided tour of the Church Farm vineyards followed by a tutored tasting of the current releases. Prices are clearly stated:
- Standard Tour & Tasting: £27.50 per person.
- Tour with locally sourced Cheese, Charcuterie and Berkshire Trout platter upgrade: £42.50 per person.
Tours are relaxed, friendly and open to all - from complete beginners to seasoned wine enthusiasts. Children and young adults (under 18) are welcome at no charge as long as they are accompanied by a paying adult (soft drinks only). Well-behaved dogs on leads are also welcome - please let the team know in advance. Recommended footwear is sturdy: trainers, wellies or boots, plus a raincoat, as an English day can roll out four seasons in an hour.
Book a Guided Tour & Tasting for a forthcoming date; tours typically run on Saturdays at 12pm and 4pm during the season, with additional dates offered for special events such as the Sparkling Rosé Exclusive Tour or themed evenings.
Private Tours
For birthdays, proposals, family get-togethers, a sundowner with a view or just a quiet time with friends over a glass of award-winning English sparkling, All Angels offers private tours fully tailored to your timings and requirements. Groups of 10 or more are advised to contact the team to discuss pricing and options. Private tours can be enhanced with in-house locally sourced cheese and charcuterie platters, or partnered with outstanding local caterers for canapés, a buffet, afternoon tea or a fine dining menu. Enquire about a private tour.
Corporate Events and Off-Site Talks
All Angels' restored Party Barn includes a large boardroom table seating up to 20 (26 with extension), fibre-optic internet, two large flat screens and a stunning vineyard backdrop - ideal for team away-days, client entertaining or relaxed team rewards. The All Angels team can structure a guided tour and tutored tasting around your agenda, with catering from simple fare through to fine dining. Gift-boxed bottles of All Angels make memorable mementos. The estate is just five minutes by car from Newbury Train Station and approximately 45 minutes from London Paddington, with introductions to local luxury hotels and inns available on request.
For clients further afield, All Angels can also bring the experience to your office or another location as an off-site Vineyard Talk and Tasting. Enquire about corporate events.
Vineyard Events and Volunteer Days
Beyond the summer tour season, All Angels hosts topical and fine-dining lunches and dinners throughout the winter in partnership with award-winning local caterers and friends of the estate - harvest celebrations, Christmas at All Angels and guest-speaker evenings. Volunteer days are also a feature of the calendar, especially for pruning and harvest. View the full tours and events calendar or sign up to the newsletter to be the first to hear about future dates.
Gift Boxes, Vouchers and Accessories
The All Angels shop carries a small but beautifully judged range of packaging, accessories and gift options for anyone looking to turn a bottle into an occasion.
Gift Boxes
- Original Gift Box - the original All Angels presentation, designed to take a single bottle of Classic Cuvée or Sparkling Rosé. RRP £47.00. Order the Original Gift Box.
- Wooden Gift Box - a sustainably secured wooden box including a bottle of your choice and an All Angels Sparkling Wine Stopper, presented with natural wood shavings. RRP £49.00. Order the Wooden Gift Box.
- Presentation Box with Flutes - an elegant gift containing one bottle of your choice and a pair of engraved All Angels sparkling wine flutes. RRP £62.00. Order with Flutes.
- Double Bottle Presentation Box - the showstopper of the range, with two bottles of your choice for impact and memorable gifting. RRP £89.00. Order the Double Bottle Box.
Vouchers
- Tour & Tasting Gift Voucher - give the gift of an All Angels experience, valid for two years. RRP £27.50 (Tour Ticket) or £27.50 with the platter upgrade. Purchase a Tour Voucher.
- All Angels Monetary Voucher - a flexi-use voucher redeemable against any available bottle, accessory or tour; denominations from £5 to £100 can be combined to reach a chosen total, valid for two years. Purchase a Monetary Voucher.
Accessories
- The Story of All Angels - Souvenir Guide - written by founder Mark Darley and beautifully photographed, covering the vineyards, the wines and the vision behind the estate. RRP £5.00.
- Sparkling Wine Stopper - a one-winged closure stamped with the All Angels brand, available in black or silver. RRP £6.00.
- Flutes (Box of 6) - 16cl engraved sparkling flutes with the All Angels shield and name. RRP £30.00.
- Ice Bucket - Single and Double - stylish acrylic, laser-engraved with the All Angels shield. RRP £17.50 / £20.50.
For corporate clients, All Angels also offers a tailored corporate gifting service with personalised messages or bespoke branding on the boxes. Bespoke corporate packages are available.
Visiting All Angels: Practical Information
All Angels is a working farm, so for both collection and tour bookings it works best to plan ahead. Click and collect is free for any product purchased through the website, with collection available from Church Farm, Enborne, RG20 0HD. The team will be in touch to arrange a convenient collection time and date. Please note that All Angels operates a Challenge 25 policy - proof of age may be requested for anyone appearing under 25.
How to Find Them
Address: Enborne Vineyards Ltd, Church Farm, Enborne, West Berkshire, RG20 0HD. Phone: 01635 896220. Email: info@allangels.com. For directions by car, use Google Maps for "All Angels Vineyard." The turning to the yard is opposite the two traffic turning mirrors that sit on the left if leaving Newbury (and on the right if heading towards Newbury). What3Words: ///army.shrug.soups. Church Farm House is the large house on the bottom left (the house name is on a sign to the right of the black iron gate). Please only park in front of the house or around the right-hand side of the house, then head through the small black iron gate in front of Church Farm House and follow the signs to The Party Barn on the left once through the gate.
Travel Connections
By rail, All Angels is just five minutes (under three miles) from Newbury Train Station, with taxi firms CabCo (01635 33333) and Ave Cabs (01635 31212) recommended. From London, the fastest route is direct train from London Paddington to Newbury, then a short onward journey - the entire trip can comfortably be done within an hour and a half door-to-door.
Nearby Attractions
Combining a visit with another local attraction is straightforward. The team regularly recommends:
- The Watermill Theatre - watermill.org.uk
- Donnington Valley Hotel, Spa & Golf Club - donnington.co
- The Vineyard Hotel - the-vineyard.co.uk
- Highclere Castle (the home of Downton Abbey)
- Newbury Racecourse - newburyracecourse.co.uk
- Shaw House and Welford Park
- Parkway Shopping - shopatparkway.com
Where to Buy: Stockists Across the UK and Beyond
All Angels can be found at retail venues, hospitality partners and stockists across the UK - from London, Manchester and Edinburgh to local Berkshire independents - and as far afield as The Delphi Club in the Bahamas, in Miami and in Hong Kong.
Local Berkshire Stockists
If you are buying local, look for All Angels at: Bucklebury Farm Shop, Cheese Etc in Pangbourne, The Good Wine Shop, The Goring Grocer, Grape Expectations in Marlow, The Little Whisky Shop in Stockbridge, Malverleys in Newbury, Ramsbury Post Office, The Naked Grape in Hungerford, Tivoli Wines in Cheltenham and Southern Wines Ltd, as well as at multi-vendor online retailer Barbury Hill, with many more stockists nationwide.
London
All Angels is featured at all Good Wine Shop branches in London (Chiswick, Kew, Richmond Hill, Teddington and St Margarets), at Bedford Street Wines in Covent Garden and at Malverleys in Newbury, among others.
Hospitality
The wines are poured at a curated list of pubs, restaurants and inns that share the All Angels ethos. Look out for the bottle list at Chego's, Donnington & Co, The Dew Pond, The Drumming Snipe, The Five Bells, The Fountain, The Funghi Club, Gregory & Tapping, The Greene Oak, The Greyhound, The Hartley Arms, The Jack Russell Inn, Malverleys, The Post Barn, The Red House, The Silks, Sips & Nibbles, The Star in Godalming, The Vineyard Hotel, The Watermill Theatre, The Wheatsheaf and The White Oak.
UK-Wide and International
The wines travel well, with high-end independent accounts around the country and international availability in Miami, Hong Kong and the Bahamas. Producers like Kennet Valley Syndicates ("racehorse syndication pioneers since 1988 with over 200 winners and £5 million in prize money"), Findhorn Valley Sporting Limited, Malverleys, Oliver Signy Racing and Thomas Frake also partner with All Angels on bespoke event packages.
News, Awards and Recognition
All Angels' commitment to extended lees ageing and patient winemaking continues to draw plaudits from the UK wine trade and beyond.
- June 2026 - Sparkling Rosé 2019 launched: "Six Years on Lees, Seven Years in the Making, 2,000 Bottles: our most complex Sparkling Rosé yet."
- June 2026 - Classic Cuvée 2019 awarded Gold at the Global Sparkling Masters 2026 (judged by Masters of Wine).
- July 2026 - Classic Cuvée 2019 awarded another Gold at the WineGB Awards 2026, dedicated solely to English and Welsh wines.
- May 2026 - The team appeared at Wine Alive in Bristol (25th - 26th May) alongside Susy Atkins and Oz Clarke.
- April 2026 - Founder Mark Darley took the wine world behind the scenes of an English spring, with frost-fighting that used infrared Frolight tubes and rows of bougies: "Some nights mean placing 400 candles per hectare. Lighting them takes time, step count gets higher… we could burn £40,000 in a single night. But missing a frost night isn't an option."
- March 2026 - Classic Cuvée 2019 released to the wider public.
- February 2026 - Bookings opened for the April Blending Event at Church Farm.
- January 2026 - Pruning in full swing at "nine minutes a vine."
- November 2025 - No. 36 launched: "a gentle sparkler for sipping throughout the meal."
- October 2025 - Fast 2025 harvest completed (under two weeks from first to last pick, all over by 29 September); Kennet Valley Syndicates coverage rolled out across racing media.
- June 2025 - 10-Year Anniversary Classic Cuvée awarded the 96-point Gold at the IWSC.
- May 2025 - Classic Cuvée 2016 released following the sell-out success of the 2017 vintage.
- 2024 - One of the toughest harvests in Europe in 100 years, but All Angels battled through.
The Darley family were also delighted in 2025 to formalise a sponsorship deal with Kennet Valley Syndicates, the pioneering racehorse syndicate founded in 1988. As Mark said: "Fabulous wine and top-class racehorses truly are the ultimate winning combination. We're excited to join KVS on their journey this season."
Plan Your Visit
If a glass of multi-award-winning English sparkling wine surrounded by south-facing vines and ancient hedgerows sounds like your kind of day out, All Angels is ready to welcome you. From the all-new Sparkling Rosé Exclusive Tour and Tasting to sparkling seasonal evenings and the regular Saturday tours and tastings at 12pm and 4pm, the calendar is built around showing visitors just how much effort goes into a single estate-grown bottle.
Booking Information
- Standard Tour & Tasting: £27.50 per person.
- Tour with Cheese, Charcuterie and Berkshire Trout Platter: £42.50 per person.
- Duration: approximately 90 minutes to two hours.
- Vouchers: valid for two years, with both Tour Vouchers and Monetary Vouchers available.
Groups of 10 or more, corporate events and bespoke private days should contact the team directly on 01635 896220.
Final Word
Few English vineyards capture the quiet intensity of patience, place and provenance quite like All Angels. The wines are made slowly, in small quantities, on a single historic farm by a family who have decided that quality matters far more than volume. The Classic Cuvée 2019 continues to take Golds, the new Sparkling Rosé 2019 has just been released after seven long years, and No. 36 is reshaping what a sparkling wine can do at the dinner table. Whether you are walking the rows on a summer tour, raising a flute at a corporate away-day, or unwrapping a presentation box at home, you are tasting - and celebrating - exactly what small, hand-nurtured English sparkling wine can be.
All Angels Vineyard
Enborne Vineyards Ltd, Church Farm, Enborne, West Berkshire, RG20 0HD
Phone: 01635 896220 · Email: info@allangels.com
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