insideKENT Magazine Issue 90 - September 2019 | Page 54

FOOD+DRINK
KENT’S GLORIOUS WINEST CONT.
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Chapel Down Winery
www.chapeldown.com // 01580 763033
Small Hythe, Tenterden TN30 7NG Barnsole Vineyard
www.barnsole.co.uk // 07772 300 511
Fleming Road, Staple, Canterbury CT3 1LG
Since it began in 1977, Chapel Down has become
the largest UK producer of wine – and the winery
has a capacity of one million litres! Some of those
litres go to provide restaurants run by Jamie Oliver
and Gordon Ramsay, and Chapel Down wine can
also be found at The Royal Opera House, Turner
Contemporary, T he Donmar W arehouse, T he
Barbican and even 10 Downing Street. There are a
number of excellent different wines available from
Chapel Down. Barnsole Vineyard is situated on fertile land
that has been farmed for many centuries (the
loam over chalk soil regularly offers-up relics
such as Napoleonic
buttons, musket balls and the odd cla y pipe
that was discarded by a farm hand, long, long
ago) and tha t makes it the perfect place to
produce excellent sparkling and still wines to
both the public and trade. Barnsole’s situation
delivers the perfect geolog y and clima te to
produce the high quality grapes that make our
award winning English wines.
Meopham Valley Vineyard
www.meophams.co.uk // 01474 325148
Whether you choose sparkling, white, rose, or a mix ed
case of wine, you know you will be getting quality fr om
Meopham Valley Vineyard. Meopham Valley Vineyard
was first started by husband and wife team Da vid and
Pauline Grey in 1991, with plenty of advice from expert
grape grower Gillian Peakes. It took a little while to find
the best place to start the vineyard, but the terroir of north
Kent proved a winner, and now this two hectare estate is
producing some magnificent results. The wine made here
comes fr om se ven dif ferent g rape v arieties including
chardonnay, pinot gris, triomphe and madeleine.