The History of Henners

Owned and run by Lawrence Warr, Henners is the result of a long term dream to produce the finest English Sparkling Wine.

Lawrence started his career as an automotive engineer in the exciting and competitive world of Formula One. As a Race Engineer at Stewart Grand Prix, and Jaguar he travelled the world to some of the most glamorous locations racing these powerful machines, winning the team's first Grand Prix at the historic Nurburgring in Germany.

Having left Formula One to set up a successful engineering consultancy the search for the perfect vineyard site commenced. The ideal combination of soils, aspect, slope, altitude and microclimate was difficult to find. After two years of searching we found the site at Herstmonceux, East Sussex.

Advice from the vignerons of Champagne, and Masters of Wine was sought, and the vineyard was planted in May 2007.

Lawrence also races on the Cresta Run in St. Moritz each winter and is an enthusiastic skier.

Henners will be released in 2012