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UK winemaker Chapel Down considers raising cash or sale as trade sparkles

Tenterden-based producer seeks investment to plant more vineyards and build new winery

Britain’s biggest wine producer, Chapel Down, is considering raising cash and even putting itself up for sale to fund more vineyards and build a new winery in a booming industry transformed by rising temperatures and tax breaks.

Chapel Down in Kent is Britain’s best-known producer, founded in 2002 and is expected to make 3.4m bottles of sparkling and still wines from last year’s harvest. It is looking for more funds for its growth strategy, which includes investing in new vineyards, a new winery to be up and running for the 2026 harvest, and the development of its wine estate at Tenterden.

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