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Asking price (in millions of US$) for a 30-acre vineyard in the charmingly named Piddle Valley located in Dorset, one of the four main counties in southern England now famous for sparkling wines made from Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Pinot Meunier. Southern England, just west of the White Cliffs of Dover, shares the same band of limestone soil found in the Champagne region of France.