Tours and tastings

This is the oldest independent brewery in the Chilterns. Award-winning labels include John Hampden’s Ale, brewed in memory of ‘The Patriot’ of the Civil War who lived nearby, and Bodgers Barley Wine, a tribute to the craftsmen who worked in the beech woods of Buckinghamshire making furniture. Buy online, visit the Brewery Shop or enjoy the Brewery’s drinks at the award-winning pub: The King’s Head in Aylesbury.

An independent brewery creating award winning beers since 2003.

Based on a farm in Dunsden Green between Reading and South Oxfordshire, our 20-barrel plant can brew up to 30,000 pints a week serving across the UK. Our onsite Tap yard is on a beautiful farm just a mile from Reading, the perfect place to enjoy the freshest cask beers straight from the source, with a built in kitchen offering delicious brunch and lunches throughout the week. Enjoy browsing our Farm Shop, celebrating local suppliers with cheese, meats, pantry products and more, not forgetting Loddon beers ready to takeaway.

A local, independent and award-winning brewer, steeped in Tring’s history and proudly offering the biggest selection of locally brewed cask, keg and bottled beer in Hertfordshire. Both CAMRA and SIBA acclaimed, it is a small business with a passionate team. Tours of the brewery offer a fun and informative insight into beer and brewing.

Premium spirits are produced in a small, family run distillery in Marlow, Buckinghamshire. Cross Stream was born out of a passion to create drinks using traditional methods. Shop online and look out for their enticing gin cocktail recipes. The distillery is open by appointment.

As the name suggests, this local distillery is run by two brothers who have a mutual love for gin. Based in the small Buckinghamshire village of Penn Street, not far from Amersham, this distillery uses cold distillation. During this process, each botanical is individually macerated to draw out its essential oils. Cold distillation is more complex, but the results speak for themselves! Buy in the shop or online, or join a tour to find out more.

Hertfordshire’s first gin distillery, Puddingstone is the home of the award-winning Campfire Gin. Just 5 minutes’ drive from Tring, this very popular range can be tasted at the distillery shop, which is open Fridays and Saturdays. Tours and other events, such as cocktail making and dining at the distillery, are run throughout the year.

Established in 1986, Oaken Grove Vineyard near Henley-on-Thames has seven acres of Pinot Noir, Bacchus and Madeleine Angevine vines which produce exceptional quality wines that are fresh, modern and packed with flavour. The vineyard runs regular tours and tastings, as well as wonderful public events set against the beautiful backdrop of glorious ancient woodland.

This typical Chilterns vineyard produces white, rosé, red and sparkling wines, which frequently win medals. The vineyard and winery is open for sales on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 12-6pm. Sales at other times are available from the vineyard house or online. You can also find out more by booking a tour or wine tasting event.

On a south-facing hillside in the tranquil Radnage Valley, Daws Hill produces around 10,000 bottles a year, mostly of sparkling white wine, but also Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Established in 2004, the vineyard now has around 5,000 vines and extends over three acres; tours are available. The Radnage Valley is also one of the best places in the Chilterns to see red kites – they’re likely to be soaring overhead as you wander through the vines!

With vineyards, Luxters Brewery, liqueur-making facilities and a cellar shop, this is a one-stop shop for local produce. Buy online or pop up along to browse, enjoy tours and tastings, and even stay in the farmhouse B&B.

This vineyard, situated above the Thames near Marlow, was established by Henry and Kaye Laithwaite of the well-known wine-retailing family. They are making the most of their chalky, flinty soil to produce sparkling wines using Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier grapes. Purchase online or book a tour to see (and taste!) the winery in action.