When the stewards of Wiston Estate make a plan, it’s for the next 50 years, not five. For 300 years, they’ve been planning for the next generation, and their mindfulness has served them well. Wiston land produces enough grain each year to keep 18,000 people in Weetabix. Beer and whisky are also beneficiaries. The estate restaurant ‘Chalk’, housed in an old flint barn and led by Michelin-starred Chef Tom Kemble, feeds a further fortunate few. Wilton Park, at Wiston Park, the Goring’s ancestral home, has long been a centre for conflict resolution. It was here that plans were made to democratise a broken Germany and to end the desperation of Apartheid. Wiston has quietly salved the world’s wounds and fed its people for decades. And Wiston Estate wine has quietly unlocked hearts, even in Champagne, as Lisse Garnett discovered.