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
Denbies Wine Estate is a vineyard in the United Kingdom.
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Chapel Down
England's largest winery, in Kent — sparkling wine, gin distillery, fine dining.
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Ridgeview Wine Estate
Sussex's family sparkling-wine estate; royal supplier since 2008.
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Rathfinny Wine Estate
England's largest single-estate vineyard, 600 acres on the South Downs chalk.
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Nyetimber
England's most-decorated sparkling-wine estate, on Sussex chalk since 1988.