Winery · Appledore

Gusbourne

Estate dates 1410 — Gusbourne planted Burgundian Pinot Noir/Chardonnay 2004; three-time English Wine Producer of Year; 60 hectares Kent award-sweeper.

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TourGusbourne EstateAndrew Weeber was a South African orthopaedic surgeon who fixed Gazza's knee. Then he bought a Kent estate and planted vines on a former Viking battlefield — 280 longships wintered here in 892 AD. His winemaker Charlie Holland came from Nyetimber. The prestige cuvée is called '51 Degrees North' because fine wine supposedly ends at 50°N. In a blind tasting at the London Wine Fair's Battle of the Bubbles, Gusbourne came second in the world, ahead of Dom Pérignon 2013. The medieval goose crest in Appledore church — three geese from 1410 — is on every bottle.

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Winery Gusbourne: The Award Sweeper Estate dates 1410 — Gusbourne planted Burgundian Pinot Noir/Chardonnay 2004; three-time English Wine Producer of Year; 60 hectares Kent award-sweeper.
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Winery · Kent Wine Tours of Kent Kent, England's "Garden of Wine," cradles a collective of award-winning vineyards—Chapel Down, Gusbourne, Balfour, Biddenden—producing English Sparkling Wines on chalk soils from Classic Champagne grapes, with tailor-made wine tours guiding groups and individuals through 1000+ new English vineyards.