Domaine Evremond

Domaine Evremond is an English sparkling wine venture based near Chilham in Kent. The brand describes itself as the realisation of a shared ambition between lifelong friends Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger and Patrick McGrath: to make high-quality English sparkling wine. Its history is also presented as a collaboration between Champagne Taittinger and British wine company Hatch Mansfield. The project launched at Westminster Abbey in 2015; the company describes it as the first investment by a Champagne house in the United Kingdom with the ambition of producing top-quality sparkling wine. The estate is in the Kent countryside, near Canterbury. The brand emphasizes the local chalk soils, mild climate and topography, which it considers similar to conditions in Champagne, and presents Kent as central to the wine’s identity and sense of place. Following an 18-month search for a suitable site, the founders selected land close to Chilham; the first vines were planted there in 2017. Domaine Evremond’s named wine offering in the supplied material is its Classic Cuvée, described as Quality English Sparkling Wine and as an expression of its place. The business also has a visitor-facing dimension: its website announced a new cellar door in the vineyards, with opening planned for spring 2025, and lists tours and tastings. The estate gives its address as Chalk Hill, New Cut Road, Chilham, Canterbury, Kent. The supplied information establishes the Taittinger–Hatch Mansfield partnership but does not specify a parent company, legal ownership structure or current senior leadership beyond the founders identified on the website.

Domaine Evremond’s story is rooted in a partnership between Champagne Taittinger and Hatch Mansfield, and in the friendship between Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger and Patrick McGrath. According to the company, the two founders shared an ambition to make high-quality English sparkling wine. Taittinger and Hatch Mansfield had worked together for more than 25 years in the UK Champagne market before the founders began developing their English wine venture. The brand takes its name from Charles de Saint-Évremond (1613–1703), a French poet, epicurean and literary critic whom the company describes as an early ambassador for Champagne wines in England. Its account says that Saint-Évremond helped popularize Champagne at the court of Charles II and was buried in Poet’s Corner at Westminster Abbey. The company connects this history to its own 2015 launch at Westminster Abbey, presenting the venue and namesake as part of a story linking England, France, Champagne and Kent. The founders searched for a site for 18 months, applying what the company calls exacting criteria, before selecting land near the village of Chilham in Kent. The brand’s rationale for the location centers on the area’s chalk soils, mild climate and topography, which it considers comparable to Champagne. The first vines were planted in 2017. The official story describes the undertaking as the first time a Champagne house had invested in the United Kingdom with the ambition of producing top-quality sparkling wine. Domaine Evremond’s stated product identity is English sparkling wine, with the Classic Cuvée identified on the homepage as its wine and described as Quality English Sparkling Wine. The brand frames the wine as an expression of its location, emphasizing authenticity and a sense of place. Its activities also extend to visitors: the company announced a cellar door at the vineyards, planned to open in spring 2025, and promotes tours and tastings. The available source material does not establish the venture’s precise ownership shares, legal corporate structure, later product range or subsequent leadership changes.

• 2025

  Cellar door planned to open

• 2017

  First vines planted

• 2015

  Domaine Evremond launches at Westminster Abbey

A place-led English sparkling wine venture drawing on the Taittinger and Hatch Mansfield partnership and the Kent estate’s chalk soils and climate.

• Domaine Evremond Classic Cuvée

  The official homepage describes it as Quality English Sparkling Wine and a distinctive expression of its place.

• Selection of the Chilham-area estateOther

1. 1Domaine Evremonddomaineevremond.com
2. 2Our Story | Domaine Evremonddomaineevremond.com
3. 3Who we are | Domaine Evremonddomaineevremond.com