Bridgerton’s season 3 features award-winning English sparkling wine from Squerryes Court

Experience the charm of Bridgerton at Squerryes Court, a historic estate producing award-winning English sparkling wines.

The release of Bridgerton’s Season 3 saw many around the world glued to their televisions to see what unfolds in one of Netflix’s most popular series (both seasons 1 and 2 feature in Netflix’s Top 10 shows of all time). This season’s narrative sweeps viewers giddily across breathtaking historic locations around the UK.

The locales form an integral part of the story – past seasons have showcased Bath’s Royal Crescent (the Featherington home) and Hampton Court Palace (Queen Charlotte’s residence) among others. During filming, the locations are kept strictly under wraps to avoid being overrun by Bridgerton’s vast fan brigade.

Equally low-key as the filming locations has been the story of English sparkling wine’s rapid rise to fame. The main reason for its success is not a mystery: England’s vineyards, primarily located in Kent and Sussex, are separated from France by the English Channel; a short distance from the world’s most famous sparkling wine region: Champagne.

In fact, most English vineyards feature chalk soils similar to that in Champagne. Their vineyards are also strategically planted to capture sunshine to ensure perfect ripening, an important factor in England’s marginal climate. With the added advantage of modern technology and viticultural research, little wonder that English sparkling wines have been winning international wine competitions, even beating champagne houses in blind tastings.

So, there was even more reason to cheer when the gardens of Squerryes Court were picked as a location to film Bridgerton. Home to the Warde family, owners of the award-winning Squerryes vintage-only sparkling wines, Squerryes Court features in the opening scene of the season: alavish garden party held post the introduction of the season’s debutantes to Queen Charlotte, where the audience is reintroduced to many beloved characters from seasons past.

Party like its Bridgerton

I visited Squerryes in 2021, and during a lunch meeting with owner Henry Warde on the sunny, sprawling terrace of the winery restaurant, found it brimming with summer visitors enjoying their brunch with a bottle of Squerryes bubbles on ice alongside: an Insta-perfect modern version of a Bridgerton party. I had little idea this might be reality soon.