On a day so wet it brought trains to a standstill, wine writers converged in Kent to explore the Taittinger family’s second New World venture, Domaine Evremond.
Nestled near Chilham, not far from where wine luminary Oz Clarke spent his youth hop-picking, Evremond follows in the footsteps of its 1985-born Californian sibling, Domaine Carneros. The unveiling of the commemorative plaque, attended by figures such as the Archdeacon of Canterbury and the Civair Général of Reims Cathedral — whom one imagines were treated to more palatable coffee than the press — was rich with history. After all, it was 45 years ago that Jean Taittinger, with a vision of Franco-British friendship, twinned the cities of Reims and Canterbury.
