Venues of Excellence is delighted to welcome one of the South East’s most distinctive event venues – Denbies Wine Estate, offering corporate and event planners a distinctive venue set within a working vineyard in the heart of the Surrey Hills.
Denbies Wine Estate is England’s largest single-estate vineyard, with its first vines planted in 1986 and today is an award-winning winery with its roots firmly grounded in sustainable wine production. Within its 380 acres, you’ll discover the contemporary Vineyard Hotel with 17 curated bedrooms, a selection of 8 meeting and conference rooms accommodating 6 to 500 guests. Complementing the conference and event spaces, organisers can add the estate dining which overlooks the stunning vineyards, along with vineyard tours, wine tastings and time outdoors giving your day a natural sense of pace, purpose and place.
Choosing a sales and marketing consortium for venues can be a challenging decision, to ensure your partnership will deliver ROI, development for your venue team and business through the networking, exhibition and marketing opportunities offered by the consortium. Charlene Beresford, Corporate Events Manager at Denbies Wine Estate when joining Venues of Excellence commented: “We are beyond excited to join Venues of Excellence and see the membership as a natural fit for Denbies Wine Estate as we continue to grow and develop our presence within the Meetings and Events industry.
Being part of a like-minded network will provide valuable opportunities to build strong industry connections and raise awareness of what makes Denbies such a unique and versatile events destination. We look forward to strengthening relationships across the industry and creating memorable experiences for our clients”
Venues of Excellence has seen a membership growth of 12% so far in 2026, underpinning its position as the leading sales and marketing consortium for independent venues in the UK. The ethos of Venues of Excellence is that membership represents more than a commercial relationship, it is about being part of a collaborative community that shares a vision to deliver the very best the hospitality can offer to conference and event planners.
Mandy Jennings, CEO, Venues of Excellence on welcoming Denbies Wine Estate into membership commented; “We are delighted to welcome Denbies Wine Estate into Venues of Excellence. Denbies offers something genuinely distinctive: a working, sustainable vineyard in the Surrey Hills with conference spaces for everything from an intimate board meeting to a 500-guest event. It’s exactly the kind of independent, quality-led venue our members and clients value, and we look forward to introducing it to our network of event planners.”
