Where it grows
The Digby Fine English sparkling wines are made from grapes grown across our portfolio of vineyards, in Kent, Sussex, Hampshire and Dorset.
Grapes grown on different soils, in different regions, with different aspects facing the sun and unique microclimates, come together to form an artist’s palate of flavours and textures within the resulting base wines. Head Blender, Trevor Clough, then puts those colours together to create the joyful spectrum of Digby wines.
Digby co-founders Trevor Clough and Jason Humpries ranked the country’s existing vineyards to find the very best grapes for their sparkling wines. They selected a handful of vineyards, whose owners became Digby’s long term partners and we are proud to work with this fabulous community of growers to this day.
In 2021, Digby acquired its first fully-owned vineyard site in Hildenborough, Kent. Then in 2024, Digby took over another of its vineyard partners via a long-term lease.
Digby’s Hilden Vineyard sits on Wealden clay next to Kent’s North Downs and typically produces some of England’s top Pinot Noir. The fruit plays the lead in our Leander Pink and Vintage Rosé blends. This quality was what led us to acquire Hilden in 2021, becoming our first owned and managed vineyard.
Greensand – a magical soil type sandwiched between England chalk and clay – is the secret to what makes Digby unique. Our original vineyard partner in Hampshire is still with us to this day and Chardonnay from its greensand form the backbone of every Vintage Reserve Brut we’ve ever made.
Nestled in the quiet countryside of the South Downs National Park, Digby’s Petersfield Vineyard has been contributing its generous and energetic fruit to our wines for the last few years. Its Chardonnay and Pinots have added such warmth to our Non Vintage Brut in particular that in 2024 we took the site over with a long-term lease.
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