Sparkling Wine News
What is Methode Charmat?
There are many ways in which wines are made that deliver varied styles and results. From generation to generation, throughout the world, wine production has evolved and improved yet basic practises have usually remained in order to produce both still and sparkling wines. One such way is called the methode Charmat or Charmat method, better…
5 Sparkling Wines from the Okanagan Region
Whenever the topic of good sparkling wines comes up, most people naturally think of places like California, France or even South Africa. However, one place that is becoming fairly well-known in the North American and the international market is the Okanagan region of British Columbia, Canada. There is no doubt that Canada is one of…
Fox & Fox Produces Own-Label English Sparkling Wine for Paxton & Whitfield
East Sussex’s award-winning, boutique vineyard Fox & Fox has produced a special own-label English Sparkling Wine for Royal Warrant holders Paxton & Whitfield – the first English wine to be launched by the 200-year-old British cheesemonger. The English Sparkling Wine (£35.00/75cl) is available online from www.paxtonandwhitfield.co.uk and from its three stores in Jermyn Street, London,…
Sparkling Wine Grape – Grüner Veltliner
How do you pronounce Grüner Veltliner? Grewn er – Velt lin er Where is Grüner Veltliner grown? The grape is synonymous with Austria where up to a third of the vines grown in the country are this variety. You will also see harvests in Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic along with countries further afield such…
Slovenian No.1’s
We all strive to be the very best, the finest and most accomplished, to be No.1, whether it be in business, sports, or family, but sometimes we just fall short of being the very best and end up being one of the best, gaining that silver medal to take home rather than the gold, but…
Meditate With A Meditation Sparkling Wine
Do you ever feel like you need to take a moment out of your day and just find some peace of mind, to meditate, to clear all the negative energy you’re holding, well if you’re in that mindset right now, then here are a few ways you can do it. Zen Meditation This Meditation is…
Crémant de Bourgogne in the Cotes d’Or
The Burgundy region has long been established as the home of high-quality wine. There is evidence that vines were planted there by Celtic settlers in the first century BC and that the Romans also planted and cultivated them in their quest to bring wine to much of Europe. But it is the medieval monks of…
Sparkling Wine ‘Rosé Levels’ from Light to Dark and Hidden too
I just recently finished a blind rosé sparkling wine tasting where 57 labels were judged and upon revealing what each of the labels were, there was quite a display of shades of rosé as well as bottle designs to admire. Across the world, northern to southern hemispheres from cool to warm climates, rosé sparkling wines…
Have you tried Red Sparkling Wine?
When it comes to still wines then both red and white would be the most popular styles in our minds and experiences with rosé not too far behind. Though, if we add bubbles to our wines then our thought process changes and we are strictly familiar with white and rosé, but fizzy reds??? Many times…