The concluding event of our 25th Anniversary series

This week we celebrated our Silver Anniversary with an English Sparkling Wine tasting - tasting from bespoke silver vessels made by metal artist Adi Toch, and a special collection of champagne flutes by glass artist Jochen Holz.

Thank you to Alfie Glasser of Liberty Wines, for joining us for the evening and talking us through the flourishing world of English sparkling wine.

Aflie said of the experience :

“After exploring the historical context and potential impact of drinking wine out of silver vessels, I concluded that very little would happen to the wines.

I was pleasantly surprised to find that the wine tasted from the inert glass vessel, seemed to have more body and a riper fruit character.

What was also surprising, was that when tasting the wines from Adi’s goblets, the silver accentuated the Langham’s expression of site: I truly could taste the Jurassic Coastline. The wine felt clean, pure, and vibrant, highlighting the briny minerality of this coastal wine.”

Adi Toch

“As an artist, vessels and containers offer an innate method of communication for me, conveying a multiplicity of narratives including gathering, holding or carrying.”

Jochen Holz

“This set of hand blown, lampwork glass ware aims to bring together a spontaneous & improvisational flow to the making.”

Photography by Isobel Napier