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It's a beautiful summer's afternoon as I arrive at the Chapel Down winery in Tenterden, Kent. Fortunately it's a weekday, so things are relatively quiet. At the weekends it is heaving with visitors keen to sample some of the UK's most celebrated wines. They're eager to buy, too: last year the tasting room sold over £1m worth of wine. In contrast to the rather homespun reputation of English wine, Chapel Down is a very professional operation. As well as the winery and tasting room, there's a restaurant and walking routes through the vines are signposted. And the vines? They're looking beautiful: the canopies a vivid green, with spindly growing tips and tendrils grasping towards the cloudless sky.

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