Village Greens Farm Shop at Denbies Wine Estate - Dorking

Situated in Denbies Wine Estate, near Dorking, I was very pleased to find the Village Greens Farm Shop. They specialise in selling fresh seasonal fruit and vegetables, and grow their own grown in a Victorian walled garden at Denbies. They also grow their own fruit and vegetables where their other shop is, just over 8 miles away in Ockley.

Everything sold here has been carefully selected and is locally sourced whenever possible.  They use around 60 food producers, who are based within 30 miles of their shops. The Village Greens Farm Shop were finalists for the Best Farm Shop in the prestigious 2018 Surrey Life Food & Drink Awards.

If you think supermarket tomatoes are tasteless, come here and try the different ones they grow themselves: 

They sell dry cured bacon, and Gloucester Old Spot outdoor reared traditional ham, from Hill House Farm in Dorking, and posh nosh sausages from Bangers Galore in Horsham. There's grass fed lamb, and free range chicken, eggs and duck from Etherley Farm near their other shop in Ockley. 

When we called, they were selling Damsons and Lancelot Plums (a large and excellent quality plum) from Ringden Farm:

At the cheese counter I was served by the owner's daughter, who was both knowledgeable and passionate about their cheese.

She persuaded me to try (and buy) some Beauvale cheese. It's a delicious, soft, melt in the mouth mild blue cheese made by Cropwell Bishop Creamery To go with the cheese try some pickles from Debbies Homemade Preserves in Newdigate near Dorking.

As you will have noticed by now, everything in this shop is usually sourced very locally. Occasionally they will go a little further afield, if a special product warrants it.  For example the Salmon and Dill Pies from come from The Harry Pie Store in Twickenham :

where former Michelin chef, Claude Harry, & his wife Jenny, hand-make artisan pies with quality ingredients and no nasty additives.   

I'd not heard of The Lab Guilt - Free Pizza before. They make organic gluten free pizzas, pizza bases and dough balls that are lower in fat, carbohydrate, sugar and salt. Their pizzas are suitable for people with coeliac disease as well as people simply wanting to lose weight.

Also gluten free are some of the gourmet curries made by Surrey Spice in Guildford. Food blogger Mandira makes her award winning meals, using authentic recipes from her family.  

Dairy ice cream comes from St Joan's Farm Dairy. 

It's made from the milk form their small herd of Dairy Shorthorn, Friesian, and Guernsey cows on their farm near Reigate, their motto is: "From cow to freezer in under an hour"! 

Cakes, made traditionally with natural ingredients, are sourced from suppliers like Country Farm Cakes and Crosbies.  

We bought some really tasty coffee from here. They sell Coffee Real coffee, Surrey Hills coffee, and Chimney Fire coffee, all roasted nearby in Surrey. These three companies all have very strong ethical principles - so you can enjoy you coffee with a clean conscience. 

Gin lovers will adore the Silent Pool gin, which is both traditional and refreshingly individual. It's made in the heart of the Surrey Hills, and made with 24 different botanicals. They even do a mist spray to compliment the gin. The shop also sell Aldbury Damson and Sloe gins, which would make an ideal Christmas present.

Village Greens Farm Shop
Denbies Wine Estate
London Road
Dorking
Surrey
RH5 6AA

Tel: 01306 880720

Web: www.vgfarmshop.com