Our Journey So Far ...
Domaine Evremond is first and foremost the realisation of a dream between friends , Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger and Patrick McGrath . Our philosophy is rooted in friendship and family , with a desire and commitment to produce the very best English Sparkling Wine we can , whilst ultimately respecting the land and time . Our story is only just beginning with our first wines due for release in 2024 .
Making History ...
We launched Domaine Evremond in December 2015 making English Sparkling Wine history . Following eighteen months of searching for the right land , we were able to share our exciting news that Champagne Taittinger and their British friends Hatch Mansfield had found and bought 69 hectares of farmland in Kent to plant a vineyard . Taittinger were the first Champagne House to do this with their project rooted from the very beginning in the land , or ' terroir ', as it is more commonly referred to in France . Their combined passion is to make the very best English Sparkling Wine from these soils .
Why Kent ?...
For us , it was only natural that we should concentrate our land search in Kent , " The Garden of England ". Kent is one of the warmest and driest counties in England and we were lucky to find farmland close to the picturesque village of Chilham . With the perfect combination of free-draining chalk soils , very similar to the ' terroir ' in Champagne , we found Stone Stile Farm which was originally owned by the Gaskain family . This became the home of Domaine Evremond .
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