Chapel Down has extensive vineyards in Kent, Sussex, Surrey and EssexFrazer Thompson is to resign as chief executive of Chapel Down, England's biggest sparkling wine maker, after two decades leading the business. Thompson is due to be replaced next month by Andrew Carter, managing director of Chase Distillery, a Herefordshire-based producer of gin and vodka, Chapel Down said yesterday. SponsoredThompson, 62, a former director of Whitbread and Heineken, became chief executive of Chapel Down in 2001 and has built the Kent-based company into England’s biggest wine business. Chapel Down, which is listed on the Aquis Stock Exchange, has 789 acres of vineyards in Kent, Sussex, Surrey and Essex. Thompson said it was an ideal time for

Source: The Times August 02, 2021 23:48 UTC