Our Story

The Boscawens have been farming the fields around Mereworth for over 250 years.

Over the centuries, their hops and apples have gone into many of England's finest beers and cider. More recently, they've turned to growing grapes in Kent's remarkable soil. Booze, you could say, is in the blood.

William Boscawen planted his vineyards in Wateringbury in 2016 with Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier grapes. Blessed with the ideal location, topography and climate, and well drained, rocky soil, Mereworth Wines had the perfect drawing board to create exceptional English Sparkling Wine from this corner in the Garden Of England. Combined with the blood, sweat and tears, and fastidious vineyard management of Will and winemaker Scott, Mereworth Wines has now released its first vintage, 2018 'White From Black'.

First and foremost, we are winemakers, but it takes great patience to make award-winning English Sparkling Wine. In the meantime, while we are waiting for our future vintages to mature, Will has re-traced his passion for fermentation and wine-making back to its earliest origins; the fermentation of honey and water. From this love affair, MAROURDE was born. Marourde is brewed in-house at Brewers Hall Oast, using wine-making techniques and taking inspiration from local botanicals.

William Boscawen

Founder & Director

Knowing that he would one day return to living in the countryside, William has spent many years working in London and Asia. In this time, he has worked in marketing and finance, and with a short foray into architecture. It was whilst working in Hong Kong, juggling an MBA in his spare time that his love for wine (all of them) truly started to flourish.

In 2015, the chance came for William to return to Kent to take on some family farming interests. He leapt at it. Within a year, he had planted his first vineyard and become vineyard manager. First he built a winery in a garage, and a year later, a bigger winery at Brewers Hall food centre down the road. He produced his first commercial vintage of English Sparkling Wine in 2018. All the while he set himself a bigger challenge of re-inventing the world’s oldest drink; Mead. MAROURDE, in its first year, won Kent’s Food Product and Kent Specialist Drink of the Year in 2018.

Scott Gebbie

Wine-maker & Head of Production

Born and raised in Kent, Scott left the area to study a Bachelors degree in Food Science and Nutrition in Leeds before entering the wine industry. Beginning by volunteering for an organic vineyard in Portugal, Scott cultivated an interest in the wine industry which lead him to New Zealand. Here he was introduced to industrial wine production and an exciting community of travelling winemakers. Scott went on to work in numerous wineries and vineyards within the wine regions of Tuscany, California, Oregon, Ontario, Marlborough, Canberra, South and Western Australia, Tasmania, Languedoc and Kent.

Once progressing through the cellars and onto winemaking teams, it was time to hit the books again. Scott studied a two year Masters of Science in Viticulture and Oenology at Montpellier SupAgro in France, and Geisenheim Hochschule in Germany. Finally, Scott’s passion for method traditional sparkling wine lead him to Champagne where he interned with the Comité Champagne’s vineyard research team before joining Mereworth Wines in time for our first commercial harvest in 2018.

Our Drinks

7 Mile Compounded Gin

A smooth, dry gin with floral notes

Produced with the time-honoured compounding technique, Seven Mile Gin is infused with botanicals inspired by the fertile heritage which surrounds Brewer’s Hall, creating a dry, balanced gin with floral notes. It pairs perfectly with a Marourde Spritz, or simply with a splash of tonic.

500ml

37.5%

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7 Mile Winter Gin

A heart-warming companion to our Seven Mile Gin, our handmade Sloe Gin layers luscious plum and Winter hedgerow flavours.

The perfect warming tipple on a cold evening. Best served neat.

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CASE DEAL - Mereworth Exceptional English Wines White from Black

Six bottles of our first ever vintage for just £135 - that's a saving of £30!

A traditional English white sparkling wine made from our black Pinot grapes.

We are honoured to share with you our first ever vintage. Grown in our beloved vineyards, perfectly positioned on the South facing slopes of the Kent Downs in Wateringbury, our grapes travel only a mile to our winery in Mereworth. Here, from all the muddy toil on the vineyard, we have crafted something truly beautiful.

2018 was a fantastic year, and you can taste it. Such was the quality of this vintage, that we believe the time is right for this bottle to pass from our home to yours.

From our black Pinot grapes, we have produced a white sparkling wine, elegant and celebratory of its roots in the Garden of England, and produced entirely by two people; wine-maker Scott Gebbie, and myself, William Boscawen.

6 x 750ml

11.5%

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Lockdown Survival Pack

Our newly amended Lockdown pack is even better value for money, loaded with our English Sparkling Wine, Gin, Winter Gin, Marourde Spritz and ciders to get you through whatever Lockdown 3 and Home-Schooling have to throw at you.

Free delivery included.

Please note the pack content varies from the image - check contents below;

1 x Mereworth White From Black English Sparkling Wine
1 x Seven Mile Compound Gin
1 x Seven Mile Winter Gin
6 x Marourde Spritz
6 x Marourde Rosé Spritz
6 x Budburst Cider

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Marourde Rosé Spritz

A medium-dry sparkling honey wine with elderflower infusion and a bright, floral flavour.

Here in Mereworth, or Marourde to use its historical name, the wild flora and fauna inspire us. With a handful of botanicals and a healthy passion for winemaking, we set about refreshing the world’s oldest drink. Our lightly alcoholic wine is a delicate blend of honey and cool Kentish water, all gently fermented with a pinch of champagne yeast. We infuse this with elderflowers and a tot of elderberry for a delicate floral nose and rosé blush. The result is a modern mead, nine thousand years in the making.

MAROURDE Rosé Spritz explodes with honied hedgerow black fruits, with the delicate infusions of elderflower and elderberry.

500ml

Serve chilled.

Please Drink Responsibly

Our Spritzes are supplied in cases of 12 bottles. We love our customers to mix and match bottles to make their own case. Please ensure that you add 12 bottles to your basket before placing an order.

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Marourde Spritz

A medium-dry sparkling honey wine with a light, crisp finish.

Here in Mereworth, or Marourde to use its historical name, the wild flora and fauna inspire us. With a handful of botanicals and a healthy passion for winemaking, we set about refreshing the world’s oldest drink. Our lightly alcoholic wine is a delicate blend of honey and cool Kentish water, all gently fermented with a pinch of champagne yeast. With oak barrels and whole flower infusions we then slowly steep it to further enhance the flavour. The result is a modern mead, nine thousand years in the making.

MAROURDE Spritz is medium-dry and bursts with citrus, honey flavours, complimented by woody undertones, with a bright, crisp finish.

500ml

Serve chilled.

Please Drink Responsibly

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Mereworth Exceptional English Sparkling Wine – White From Black

Our first ever vintage. A traditional English white sparkling wine made from our black Pinot grapes.

We are honoured to share with you our first ever vintage.

Grown in our beloved vineyards, perfectly positioned on the South facing slopes of the Kent Downs in Wateringbury, our grapes travel only a mile to our winery in Mereworth. Here, from all the muddy toil on the vineyard, we have crafted something truly beautiful.

2018 was a fantastic year, and you can taste it. Such was the quality of this vintage, that we believe the time is right for this bottle to pass from our home to yours.

750ml

11.5%

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