The London Wine Fair, which opens today, will host a growing contingent of English wine makers keen to grab a share of a category that, according to government figures, has doubled production in the past five years. Many of them will be aiming to emulate the success of Chapel Down, which, with its stock-market listing and equally-booming brewing operation, sits at the top table of English wine’s new breed. In recently-released 2015 results, the company grew both sales and profits by more than one-third. The company has also raised GBP1.7m (US$2.5m) in a crowd-funding project to build a new brewery for its Curious Brew beer brand.
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