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Says it began 2017Where Kent Downs, Kent, EnglandNames Henry, Alex, Phil

The Little Lawn Box Bundle
The Little Lawn Box Bundle, photographed by The Uncommon.

"Unfurling down a south-facing slope of the Kent Downs, on an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, is our vineyard", in Kent, England, "on the same chalk band as Champagne". The company was founded in 2017 by co-founders Henry and Alex with Phil, their Head of Wine: they "quit their jobs, retrain in oenology and work with Head of Wine, Phil, to make something everyone tells them not to." Their first product, a bubbly white wine named Gerald, launched after "18 months" and "sells out in just a few months". The founding mission was "to create the best possible English wine with the lowest impact", which led them to cans rather than bottles, because "cans are more environmentally friendly than bottles and keep young wines fresher for longer."

Quoted from wearetheuncommon.co.uk, in The Uncommon's own words. We have not edited it and we do not vouch for it.

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