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Biddenden Vineyards was fortunate enough to be invited to DEFRA’s biannual reception for consumer, environmental and food journalists on Wednesday 15th January 2014. The event welcomed national and regional journalists from The Telegraph, The Daily Mail, Sky and Farmers Weekly … Continue reading

Biddenden Vineyards has raised £165.00 for KHoCA. KHoCA is a charity raising money for people with mental disabilities inKent. The aim of the charity is to empower these men and women to live dignified, fulfilling and rewarding lives. KHoCA is … Continue reading

Biddenden Vineyards along with other local producers were contacted by BBC Radio Kent who wanted to do a ’12 days of Christmas’ series on the Pat Marsh show. The topic of the show was Kent food and buying/eating locally produced … Continue reading

Taste of Kent Awards For the past 9 years Biddenden Vineyards have been nominated for the Taste of Kent awards, winning titles such as Best Kent wine in 2013 for our renowned Ortega. We are delighted to announce that we … Continue reading

Biddenden Vineyard’s Christmas shop is now open daily until Noon on Christmas Eve.  The vineyard’s award winning wines, ciders & juices will all be available to taste & buy from the shop.  We have lots of gifts ideas that all your family and … Continue reading

This years harvest was late starting as we did not have the sun when we expected to ripen the grapes, this in turn meant that sugar levels are slightly lower than usual and acidity levels slightly higher, overall the Ortega’s … Continue reading

Biddenden Vineyards were invited by the Corinthia Hotel in London, the only 5 star hotel outside of Kensington, to do a talk on our wines which tied in nicely with the launch of the hotel’s autumn menu. From the 16th-23rd … Continue reading

Biddenden Vineyards’ signature wine, Biddenden Ortega, has been awarded a Gold Star at this year’s Great Taste awards.  The wine is one of only two English wines to have ever been awarded a coveted star in the awards. The Great … Continue reading

Biddenden Scheurebe 2011, produced by Tom Barnes, the third generation of winemakers at Biddenden Vineyards has been awarded a Bronze medal at this year’s English & Welsh wine of the year competition.  The wine, which is the first that Tom … Continue reading

On Sunday 9th June 2013 Biddenden Vineyards hosted its annual food & drink day “Taste the Best of Produced in Kent”.  The event, which is held in aid of the Kent Air Ambulance saw over 1800 visitors – a record … Continue reading