As a great fan of the Prosecco range that Villa Sandi produces I could not but help be drawn to a new looking bottle on their stand during the 2019 UK Sommelier Awards in Piccadilly, London. Villa Sandi have their own unique and patented shaped bottle for much of their Prosecco range, from standard DOC…

“Sparkling Wines That Pair Well With Life’s Special Moments” Breathless Wines is located North of San Francisco in the State of California, America, it was built by three sisters, Sharon, Rebecca, and Cynthia. Along with Breathless Winemaker Penny Gadd-Coster, the sisters are dedicated to making Sparkling Wine in the traditional method from Pinot Noir and…

This is certainly a growing trend in the wine industry and especially during my sparkling wine tasting endeavours recently, the amount of Pétillant Naturel (Pét-Nat) wines I am seeing and also hearing being spoken off shows there is a building trend, maybe even a modern trend in this style of wine. I recently reviewed the…

We see more and more sparkling wine bottles designed with tiny crystals added for decoration, some of these may be a lot less complicated than others – There are now many smaller companies that offer the service to decorate bottles especially for you, send them your Dom Perignon vintage magnum and within a couple of…

When it comes to bubbles in your wine then the name which stands out most for many would undoubtedly be Champagne. Though world famous and drunk by millions globally every day, Champagne is a very exclusive style of wine that is only produced from a classified region of France totalling just 34,000 or so hectares.…

Bolney Wine Estate are a fine example of a winery of England that has the long and proud history, the most engaging and welcoming winery for tourists and locals with frequent events and of course amazing and award winning wines from their sparkling to their stills. A pioneer of the industry with five decades of…

Turn, turn, turn…beautiful! How many times did we hear this exclamation when listening to a commentator’s speech during a sporting competition? Think about acres of land coloured by a sea of flowers, winding paths bordered by majestic trees, quiet lagoon occasionally crossed by ancient stone bridges, sometimes inhabited by frightening alligators. The roar of the…

The UK wine industry is proving to be one of the fastest expanding wine regions in the world after seeing the biggest planting of vines on record this year. The industry’s trade body Wines of Great Britain (WineGB) has just released the latest planting figures confirming that around 3 million vines were planted this year…

Though in the shadow of the country’s most famous wine region, Champagne, there is still so very much to celebrate for France’s somewhat forgotten sparkling wine region of Crémant. Boasting over 10,000 hectares of vineyards and set out within varied regions of rich land across the country so to give a diversity in flavours, Crémant…