Sparkling Wine News
Méthode Marlborough Day
Today, March 28th, 2025, is Méthode Marlborough Day, a celebration of the region’s sparkling wine harvest and the quality of New Zealand’s traditional method sparkling wines. What is Méthode Marlborough? Méthode Marlborough is a society of highly regarded Marlborough producers; established with the aim to communicate the quality and heritage of Marlborough traditional method sparkling…
Burn Valley Sparkling Rose
Situated four miles from the North Norfolk coast, an area of outstanding natural beauty, is the south-facing Burn Valley Vineyard. Located on their family farm in North Creake, two sisters work alongside their brother who farms the land surrounding the vineyard making it a real family project. Winner of a Silver Medal in the Light…
Carr Taylor Brut
David and Linda Carr Taylor planted their vineyard in 1971, on 21 acres of land that David had purchased in 1969, which surrounded his family home in the East Sussex countryside. They planted varieties such as Reichensteiner, Gutenborner, Muller Thurgau, Dornfelder and the classic Champagne varieties, Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay. During the generous…
Sekthaus Raumland 2015 Pinot Kirchenstück Réserve
“We put our passion for sparkling wine into everything we do. Passion for sparkling wine is what drives us – and what we want to ignite in others.” – Raumland Family ‘In 1984, the desire to achieve something big arose. Since then, we have been breaking new ground and producing high-quality sparkling wine using traditional…
Beyond Champagne: The Rise of English Sparkling Wine
For decades, if you wanted serious bubbles, you reached for Champagne. No questions asked. But times have changed, and so has our taste for fizz. England’s sparkling wine scene is booming, and not just in a “this’ll do” kind of way. With chalky soils that rival Champagne’s, a cool climate that locks in all that…
Son Of A Lesser God: Baratuciat, An Interesting White Variety For Refreshing Sparkling Wines In Piedmont
Recently in Turin, I met Mrs Valentina Peracino, the president of the Associazione Tutela del Baratuciat e Vitigni Minori. This association was born in 2019, initially to give a voice to a group of small producers of baratuciat who were outside the borders of the Val di Susa, who hoped for an expansion of the…
Ferrari Trento Riserva Lunelli 2015 Trentodoc
Since 1902 Ferrari has been making quality Sparkling Wines in the outstanding region of Trento, Italy, winning countless awards, the World’s Finest Glass of Bubbly Trophy, becoming the sponsor of the most famous racing competition in the world, Formula 1. Ferrari Trento is not just a sparkling wine producer, it is a way of life,…
Digby Fine English – Interview With Gabby Mears
English Sparkling Wine is becoming an undeniable contender to Traditional Method Sparkling Wines around the world, with an English Winery recently winning the World’s Finest Glass of Bubbly for 2024. To the English, it’s becoming a fan favourite and a go-to Glass of Bubbly. Its quality is improving year on year and thanks to innovators…
Discover High Clandon this Spring & Summer
High Clandon Estate Vineyard was founded in 2004 by Sibylla and Bruce Tindale. Both have a passion to create the quintessential English Quality Sparkling Wine and the belief that a small hand-manicured vineyard can produce an exquisite English cuvée. The terroir – that mystical marriage of soil, of locale, of climate and cultivation – producing…