According to foreign media reports, affected by climate warming, the southern part of the UK is more and more suitable for growing grapes to produce wine. At present, French wineries including Taittinger and Pommery, and German wine giant Henkell Freixenet are buying grapes in southern England. Garden to produce sparkling wine.
Taittinger in France’s Champagne region will launch its first British sparkling wine, Domaine Evremond, in 2024, after buying 250 acres of land near Faversham in Kent, England, which it began planting in 2017. Grape.
Pommery Winery has grown grapes on 89 acres of land it bought in Hampshire, England, and will sell its English wines in 2023. Germany’s Henkell Freixenet, the world’s largest sparkling wine company, will soon produce Henkell Freixenet’s English sparkling wine after acquiring 36 acres of vineyards on the Borney estate in West Sussex, England.
British real estate agent Nick Watson told the British “Daily Mail”, “I know there are many mature vineyards in the UK, and French wineries have been approaching them to see if they can buy these vineyards.
“The chalky soils in the UK are similar to those in the Champagne region of France. Champagne houses in France are also looking to buy land to plant vineyards. This is a trend that will continue. The climate of southern England is now the same as that of Champagne in the 1980s and 1990s. The climate is similar.” “Since then, the climate in France has become warmer, which means they have to harvest the grapes early. If you do early harvesting, the complex flavors in the wines become thinner and thinner. Whereas in the UK, the grapes take longer to ripen, so you can get more complex and rich flavours.”
There are more and more wineries appearing in the UK. The British Wine Institute predicts that by 2040, annual production of British wine will reach 40 million bottles. Brad Greatrix told the Daily Mail: “It’s a joy that more and more Champagne houses are popping up in the UK.”
Post time: Nov-01-2022