Jonica Fox from Fox & Fox which is a boutique grower producer of award-winning English Sparkling wines with vineyards in Mayfield, Sussex gives us the full details of what harvest 2020 has been like for them. Wet, wild, windy, the wettest winter for one hundred years knocking 2014 off its wettest-ever perch and kicked off…

We spoke to some of our award winning winemakers of English sparkling wine to see what the harvest has been like for them this year. Sam Lindo, winemaker at Camel Valley in Cornwall said they finished the harvest in record time. In fact, they finished before they normally start. “The quality was amazing, but the…

Untouched by Light – the world’s first sparkling wine made, sold and tasted in complete darkness has now launched. Research shows that the exposure of wine to daylight or artificial lighting results in light-struck aromas Following the announcement made a year ago Radgonske Gorice have now officially launched a new sparkling wine brand called Untouched…

What is sustainability and sustainable viticulture? sustainability /səsteɪnəˈbɪlɪt noun 1.the ability to maintain growth at a certain rate or level without creating a negative impact on the environment. “the sustainability of economic growth” •avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance. “the pursuit of global environmental sustainability” Sustainability involves…

• The latest industry figures from Wines of Great Britain reveal a healthy rise in sales in UK and overseas • Employment and tourism numbers show the growing importance of the UK wine industry to the UK economy Wines of Great Britain have released the results from their latest industry survey, based on performance in…

As just about everyone knows, the wineries that elaborate Spain’s prominent sparkling wine, Cava, are distributed all over the country. Although the vast majority of these producers are located in the Catalonia region in the northeast corner of the country, there are several dozen others located in various other regions, some as far as 950…

Fitz wanted to enter the English sparkling wine industry, but by trying something different, when Fitz first started every English sparkling wine was made using the traditional method, but Fitz didn’t want to make their Sparkling Wines that way, they wanted to create a different flavour, they wanted to give England and the rest of…