Artelium clinched the Newcomer of the Yr award, after which went on to win trophies for one of the best Blanc de Blancs and the High Glowing Wine of 2022. It was lastly topped Supreme Champion on the WineGB Awards for its Blanc de Blancs 2015.
Mark Collins and Julie Bretland, a husband-and-wife staff, launched Artelium after quitting their jobs to comply with their ardour for wine.
They began out by buying grapes from growers, however they now have 85,000 vines unfold throughout an 18ha property in Sussex.
Artelium’s vineyards are in Streat, nestled between Ditchling and Plumpton, and in Madehurst, close to Arundel.
The couple solely launched their first wines final 12 months, and they’re now celebrating an excellent trophy haul.
Co-Chair Susie Barrie MW stated: ‘It’s been one other thrilling 12 months within the WineGB Awards. A spotlight for me this 12 months was seeing up and coming wineries profitable the highest gongs alongside extra established producers.’
Kent producers Gusbourne and Balfour shared the trophy for Greatest Pinot Noir. Gusbourne additionally took residence the trophies for Greatest Chardonnay and Greatest Nonetheless Wine.
Chapel Down acquired the Greatest Bacchus trophy for the third 12 months in a row due to the standard of its Package’s Coty Bacchus 2019.
Harrow & Hope, situated within the Thames Valley, claimed the trophy for Greatest Basic Cuvée NV for its Brut Reserve No. 6 NV.
Hampshire producer The Grange was named Greatest Boutique Producer. Exton Park gained the Greatest Status Cuvée trophy for its Cuvée M Isaac Blanc de Blanc 2011.
The Greatest Blanc de Noirs was awarded to Wiston Property for its 2014 classic. Fellow Sussex producer Digby claimed the Greatest Basic Cuvée Classic award for its 2013 Classic Reserve Brut.
Sussex claimed yet one more victory when Ashling Park Property gained the Greatest Glowing Rosé trophy.
The Greatest Progressive Nonetheless Trophy went to Three Choirs Winery in Gloucestershire for its Three Choirs Siegerrebe Amber Wine 2021.
The producer with the very best common rating in every area was additionally honoured:
East Anglia – Cobble Hill
Midlands & North – Dunesforde
South East – Artelium
Thames & Chilterns – Harrow & Hope
Wales – White Citadel
Wessex – Exton Park
Oz Clarke OBE, co-chair, stated: ‘Judging the WineGB Awards is without doubt one of the highlights of my 12 months, not just for the sheer pleasure of it, however as a result of I can come away with an actual sense of the place we’re as a wine nation, what we’ve achieved and the way thrilling the prospects for the longer term are.’
