insideKENT Magazine Issue 66 - September 2017 | Page 66

FOOD+DRINK
KENT: A wine lover’s dream cont.
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KENT VINEYARD CHARTHAM VINEYARD
Colliers Green TN17 2LR
www.kentvineyard.co.uk Burnt House Farm, Station Road, Chartham, Canterbury CT4 7HU
www.charthamvineyard.co.uk
The owners of Kent Vineyard took over the vines in 2009 and set about
immediately resurrecting the vines and the land in order to make
stunning wine. It worked, and after just a few years the first wine was
made in 2013. The owners offer ‘Cheery Day Wine Events’ so you can
find out more about what they do and how they do it. For those with
a keen interest in wine and winemaking, you can really get involved
and actually be part of the winemaking process, enabling you to taste
the fruits of your labours when it is all ready. It was started in 2009 and
today it is a thriving enterprise, offering wines such as Rampant Horse,
named for Invicta, the symbol of Kent. Traditional farming methods and an eco-friendly approach is what
goes into making the wines at Kent’s newest vineyard, Chartham.
Owned by Doctor Roz Waller and her husband, Richard Goodenough,
and managed by their son, Andy, this vineyard is ready and raring to
go. The wines are sold directly from the farm, and although they are
not made on site at the moment, that is the plan for the future. A lovely
pinot noir, a bacchus, a pinot gris and of course an exceptional blanc
de blancs are all available from the onsite farm shop.