(Decanter) - Planting has officially begun at Domaine Evremond, the vineyard land in Kent purchased by Champagne Taittinger and partners, as Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger tells Decanter.com that he wants to build a winery and sees the area becoming a tourist attraction. 

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Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger led a ceremony in a windswept field in Kent today (03 May) to officially break ground on the Champagne producer’s English vineyard, named Domaine Evremond, and located near to Chilham village in Kent.