After last year’s fruitful harvest for the wine industry, vineyards across the UK are set to be boosting sales this year. Catalysed from the results of climate change, winemaker’s Chapel Down, the UK’s largest winemaker is seeing large amounts of growth in sales and produce from the wet summers. By 2026, the company are aiming to double their production rate by investing in more vineyards and a new winery.
Chapel Down are based in Kent, near the market town of Tenterden in Small Hythe. The vineyard has the benefit of chalky soil, which like France’s Champagne region, have a successful production rate. In the last year, Chapel Down has produced nearly 900,000 bottles of wine, consisting of Pinot Noir, Bacchus, and Chardonnay grapes.
Chapel Down are now considering raising their investments from shareholders or even potentially selling the business entirely. Even though the wine industry in Britain remains in the southern parts of England, there has now been developments to move vineyard production further north with the effects of climate change.
With Britain averaging as the fastest growing wine region in the world, production could be set to double in the next decade.
