To celebrate friends of the winery and vineyard were invited for a day filled with wine tastings, tours and delicious Dorset seafood, prepared by The Langham Vineyard Café. Langham’s core wines were poured along with their collection of old and rare wines, whilst tunes were played by Dorchester record store and local DJs.
Sommeliers, restaurateurs, hoteliers and chefs from both local and London-based establishments were all in attendance, including guests from Weymouth’s Catch at the Old Fishmarket, Dorchester’s The King’s Arms, Convivial Rabbit, Cerne Abbas Stores, London’s OMA, London Shell Co, The Laslett, Kerridges, Koko, Iné, sister restaurants St Barts and Nest, hotel group The Pig Hotels, Tavistock’s Sovereign Wines, plus Wanderlust Wines and Lea & Sandeman.
Managing Director, Justin Langham who after visiting many of the world’s most regarded wine regions and having studied viticulture at Plumpton College decided to plant 30 acres with vines in 2009 and the area under vine has since expanded to 85 acres, including a further 13,000 new Chardonnay vines this May.
A highlight of the event was a winery tour led by Tommy Grimshaw. Not your traditional winemaker, Tommy has worked his way up from labelling wine when he left school after his first year of A Levels before breaking new ground as the UK’s youngest head winemaker when he was just 24 years old. Now 28, he continually strives to be creative in his winemaking, not bound by technical ‘rules’ with a focus on a low intervention approach.
It was a fantastic event enjoyed by all.
To find out more about Langham Wine Estate, visit langhamwine.co.uk
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