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Vineyards · South East England

Southern England vineyard tour

Sussex, Kent, Hampshire — the chalk south's serious wine country.

England's wine industry sits on the same chalk geology as Champagne, just 100 miles north. Sparkling wine from Nyetimber, Ridgeview, Chapel Down and Camel Valley now wins blind tastings against the French; cellar-door visits and tastings are the tourist surface.

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Denbies Wine Estate📷 5

Vineyards · London

Denbies Wine Estate

Denbies Wine Estate is a vineyard in the United Kingdom.

↗ denbies.co.uk
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Vineyards · South East England

Chapel Down

England's largest winery, in Kent — sparkling wine, gin distillery, fine dining.

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Vineyards · South East England

Ridgeview Wine Estate

Sussex's family sparkling-wine estate; royal supplier since 2008.

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Vineyards · South East England

Rathfinny Wine Estate

England's largest single-estate vineyard, 600 acres on the South Downs chalk.

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Vineyards · South East England

Nyetimber

England's most-decorated sparkling-wine estate, on Sussex chalk since 1988.