English winemaker Nyetimber predicts it is on course for record harvest

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English winemaker Nyetimber predicts he is on course for record harvest despite this summer’s extreme weather

By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter

Published: 21:50 BST, September 25, 2022 | Updated: 21:54 BST, September 25, 2022

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English winemaker Nyetimber predicts that despite this summer’s extreme weather he is on course for a record harvest.

Hot, dry conditions made for a ‘challenging’ period early in the season, although it got cooler and wetter later on.

The Sussex-based company said its Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier grapes would be “high quality” this year.

Record harvest: a yield of more than 1,600 tons should yield more than a million bottles of sparkling wine

Record harvest: a yield of more than 1,600 tons should yield more than a million bottles of sparkling wine

Nyetimber will begin harvesting Thursday on a record 803 hectares in vineyards in West Sussex, Hampshire and Kent.

A yield of more than 1,600 tons should yield more than a million bottles of sparkling wine.

Nyetimber says it accounts for more than 10 percent of the total UK sparkling wine market and expects to produce two million bottles a year by 2026.

The wine is sold in the Ritz and the Savoy hotels in London and exported worldwide.

Chief winemaker Cherie Spriggs said: ‘We have the experience to make the most of the climate in which we grow our grapes. The quality looks fantastic.’

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