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“Sitting outside the White Horse pub in Chilham square with a drink in your hand in the warm early evenings summer sun - the air heavy with the scent of flowers, and freshly-cut grass, you look up at the great tower of St Mary’s Church and allow your gaze to drift across the idyllic square and up to…”
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The GuardianSep 12

Kent is having a champagne moment: ‘English wine has gone from a joke to world-class’

French champagne house Taittinger is helping produce a premium fizz in the Garden of England – and now visitors can visit the beautiful winery and sample it The grapes are turning purple on tall green vines, which stretch down towards the distant flint-and-limestone tower of Chilham church. These rows of Pinot Meunier, destined for English sparkling wine, are 51% owned by French champagne house…

Flint-walled church with memorials and old school table.

22 things in this story
  • Chilham churchPlace of worshipFlint-and-limestone tower visible from vineyard.
  • St Mary’sSightFlint-walled church with memorials and old school table.
  • Chilham CastleSightJacobean castle with gardens landscaped by Capability Brown.
  • River StourSightEvening stroll by the river with view of Chilham Mill.
  • Chilham MillSightWeatherboarded mill framed by willowherb and elderberries.
  • Woolpack InnPubSuites and bedrooms named after Kentish vineyards.
  • Perry WoodSight
  • Elsewhere
  • Domaine EvremondSightKent, United KingdomFrench champagne house Taittinger is helping produce premium fizz.
  • Domaine Evremond vineyardSightKent, United KingdomOpened visitor centre in 2023 with first wine launch.
  • Vines in a Cold ClimatePlaceKent, United KingdomBook charts rise of English wine from joke to world-class.
  • Domaine Evremond’s Edition IPlaceKent, United KingdomChilled bottle of creamy, citrussy fizz sampled with a view.
  • Drinking CulturePlaceKent, United KingdomSubstack by drinks writer Henry Jeffreys.
  • Domaine Evremond’s cellarsSightKent, United KingdomUK’s first subterranean winery, 25 metres deep.
  • Wine Garden of EnglandPlaceKent, United KingdomCollaboration of Kent vineyards founded by Domaine Evremond.
  • Kentish Wine WayPlaceKent, United KingdomNew tourism initiative encouraging visits to wine region.
  • Balfour WinerySightKent, United KingdomProduced first English wine to win gold at International Wine Challenge.
  • Cellar DoorDeliKent, United KingdomPick up a map here to wander around Balfour Winery.
  • Sissinghurst Castle GardenGardenKent, United KingdomFive miles from the vineyard at Biddenden.
  • Biddenden VineyardsSightKent, United KingdomOldest vineyard in Kent, started by apple growers in 1969.
  • Chapel DownSightTenterden, United KingdomEngland's largest wine producer, offers tours and tastings.
  • Simpsons’ Wine EstateSightKent, United KingdomBookable tastings on a glass-walled mezzanine floor.
  • WestwellSightKent, United KingdomKnown for experimental approaches like wild yeasts and Pet Nats.
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