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This is a really interesting article about the development of an important new and significantly growing rural sector and one to raise a glass to! It tells us

It has already been beating French Champagne in taste tests.

Now thanks to climate change and the south of England’s chalky soils, English sparkling wine is set to go global following a record grape harvest last year.

Nyetimber, the UK’s leading producer, has announced plans to expand to Asia and India this autumn.

It follows a 400 per cent rise in sales following growing demand from Europe and America for home-made fizz, with England set to become one of the world’s leading producers of wine by 2100.

Last year’s record harvest of 14 million bunches of grapes produced more than a million bottles