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Champagne houses abuzz over English sparkling wine / 36H82XR
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Far from its native Champagne, prestigious French wine house Taittinger on Thursday inaugurated its new vineyard in southeast England, where climate change is making it increasingly easy to grow grapes. The grand opening of the 60-hectare Domaine Evremond vineyard, situated on a quiet hillside in Kent, received the royal seal of approval, with the Duchess of Edinburgh Sophie in attendance. Taittinger says it is "the first champagne brand" to take on such a project "from scratch" in the UK, even if the wine house is not the only one to have made moves into the British terroir. The first 100,000 bottles of "Domaine Evremond", English sparkling wine, will be sold in the UK in March 2025 for around £50 ($67). IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES