Sparkling Wine News
UK Winemakers Celebrate Harvest of the Century
Wine producers across the UK are hailing 2018 the harvest of the century following a record-breaking summer and an unusually warm autumn resulting in excellent quality grapes with high yields. David Parkinson, CEO, WineGB, comments: “This year’s extraordinary harvest offers the UK wine industry so many exciting opportunities. It comes at a time when there…
Prosecco DOC Forecasts an Exceptional Harvest for 2018
The 2018 harvest seems to have made everyone forget about the difficult 2017 vintage. Today, at its final stages, this year’s harvest has been reported to be generous in terms of both quantity and quality as opposed to the poor yields of 2017. The Prosecco DOC Consortium is now ready to evaluate the situation. “The…
Drinking Prosecco Naked – Is that you?
A catchy title will lead many to read on, though to be honest, in my opinion, many people will still be drinking Prosecco more or less naked in that the label means very little to those consuming it, it is all about what lays inside. Fair enough I suppose, as long as it says Prosecco…
Top 7 Best Affordable Sparkling Wines and Champagnes
Nothing says ‘classy’ like a flute of bubbly. Whether you prefer pink, gold, or crystal, you can class up just about any event with a sparkling wine or Champagne and the best part is that you don’t have to break the bank to do so. This list features the top seven sparkling wines and Champagnes…
2010 Extra Brut En Tirage California Sparkling Wine
Right from the world famous Napa Valley in California USA comes this 2010 En Tirage Extra Brut Blanc de Blanc Carneros Sparkling Wine. Napa Valley is America’s most famous wine region, with varied geographical territory running about 20 miles long from the San Francisco Bay northward to the foot of Mount St. Helena. Don Baumhefner started the wine program…
A visit to Oxney Organic Vineyard
Set in Beckley, East Sussex (East Sussex and Kent borders) in a lovely secluded spot is the winery Oxney Organic Estate- A relatively newcomer to the English Sparkling Wine scene with the current owners being Kristin Syltevik and Paul Dobson. Ben Smith is the Oxney winemaker. I was delighted to receive an invitation to visit Oxney Organic Estate and take…
Launch of Giulio Ferrari Rosé
A selected few members of the UK press to include Glass of Bubbly along with an array of invited guest from across Italy to include chefs, sommeliers and TV personalities attended the eagerly anticipated launch event of the rosé Giulio Ferrari. A gala dinner awaited all invited guests at the 16th century Villa Margon (owned…
Asda Launches Extra Special English Sparkling Wine
This autumn, Asda is launching its first Extra Special English Sparkling. Priced at just £25, the grapes and method used for the bubbly are the same as those in Champagne. Following the boom in popularity of Prosecco, English sparkling has become a more frequent guest in British homes, as the nation looks for locally-produced, premium bottles for something that…
CAVA Spain’s Effervescent Treasure a review of Cava & other Sparkling Wines
Several years of investigation, visits to more than ninety sparkling wine producers, meetings with authorities of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Catalan Institute of Vines and Wines, the Regulatory Boards of the Cava, Requena and Rioja Denominations of Origin and the Cava Institute, and observations in numerous commercial outlets and restaurants have culminated in…