The Sparkling Wine phenomenon turning the UK into a world viticulture hotspot

Adam Murray, 31.05.2023

Vineyards appear to be popping up on a near-monthly basis across the south of Britain, with Champagne houses now getting in on the act. Falstaff spoke with Patrick McGrath, managing director of Hatch Mansfield, about Domaine Evremond.

It was around 70 years ago that Major-General Sir Arthur Guy Salisbury-Jones planted an acre of vines in Hambledon, Hampshire, the former head of the post-World War Two British Military Mission in France having developed a love for all things Gallic. It produced its first crop in 1954 and is seen as the first commercial vineyard in England.

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The Sparkling Wine phenomenon turning the UK into a world viticulture hotspot