
Whitmore Family Vineyard
The Whitmore Family Vineyard, established in 1732 on the limestone hills near Shepton Mallet, Somerset, was a small but respected estate known for three generations of carefully made Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Holding to craft over scale, it gave the Whitmore family its identity and raised the master vintner George Henry Whitmore. Outpaced by industrial competitors, it ceased winemaking in 1879 — yet its truest legacy had already left England, in the vine cuttings George carried to found the vineyards of Brierly in Clivilius.







