Sparkling Wine News
Vandals Destroy 400,000 Bottles of Italian Sparkling Wine
Vandals broke into the Conte Vistarino winery in the middle of the night and drained refrigerated steel tanks. “It was a tremendous shock,” said Ottavia Giorgi di Vistarino, the 40-year-old countess who manages the family-owned winery. The wine, that was maturing at the centuries-old estate, was part of the 2016 harvest. In total, 400,000 bottles were…
Digby English Sparkling Wine Enters Australia
Digby Fine English has become the first English sparkling wine brand to secure a major entry into the Australian wine market after securing a listing at the country’s #1 drinks retailer, Woolworths Limited, in time for the peak Christmas trading season. Woolworths-owned Dan Murphy’s has launched Digby’s Non Vintage Brut priced at A$89.99 this week…
American Sparkling Wine Increasing in Popularity
According to the Wine Institute, sparkling wine and Champagne sales in the United States in 2015 reached 21.7 million 9-litre cases, up from 19.7 million in 2014. Americans are continuing to enjoy more bubbly. The selection of American sparkling wines available on restaurant wine lists and on retail shelves is also increasing, giving more choice…
Gigglewater Prosecco Launched in the UK
Gigglewater is inspired by the 1920’s American term for an alcoholic beverage. Gigglewater offers a Prosecco DOC; a frizzante secco in bottle and 20cl can, as well as a range of 20cl canned flavoured sparkling wines. Catherine Monahan, founder/CEO of Gigglewater Wines says: “With growth of sparkling wine continuing at around 23% we are really…
Fancy trying Prosecco Tea?
Love Prosecco and love tea, sometimes not sure which to have, when you really want both, well now you can by enjoying Prosecco-infused tea. The Aldi Speciality range of teas has been produced especially for Christmas. A box costs £1.89 for 15 bags. The Speciality range of tea has been produced especially for Christmas and is…
Business Offers £1,000 Reward after Hundreds of Bottles of Wine were Stolen
A wine merchant is offering a £1,000 reward after alcohol worth thousands of pounds was stolen. Hundreds of bottles of wine worth thousands of pounds were taken from outside a warehouse in Langbar said Jonathan Cocker, from Ilkley wine merchant Martinez. The pallet which contained a variety of wine was last seen at 8pm after…
Everything You Need to Know About English Sparkling Wine
If you are thinking “England makes wine???”, you’re not alone. Many people ask this upon hearing that wine is not only produced in England, but the grapes are grown in English vineyards, too. To put this question to rest, let me confidently tell you that all ‘English Wine’ is produced in England from grapes grown…
What does the perfect glass of Prosecco look like?
Most of us could probably answer that one! For me, it has always been bubbles throughout the glass and a layer of mousse (the foamy bit on top after pouring a glass in case you’re wondering) residing on the top. However, I have been interested in what the ‘perfect glass of Prosecco’ should look like…
We Spend £9million a Week on Prosecco
Prosecco remains by far the UK’s most popular sparkling wine and we spend £9million a week on this In the week before Christmas, we’ll spend double what we would usually do on Prosecco, according to a Sainsbury’s poll. Prosecco is easy to drink, it is light and fresh and often has flavours of yellow apple, pear,…