Sparkling Wine News
Majestic Wine could scrap 6-bottle-minimum rule
Majestic’s minimum purchase of 6 bottles of wine or Champagne has not always been popular with customers. New chief executive, Rowan Gormley, plans to get Majestic Wine back on track after it has lost momentum in the wine market by getting rid of the 6 bottle minimum rule. Gormley, also founder of online retailer Naked Wines, plans…
Re-Inventing the Bubbly Glass
If you are looking for an exciting new way to serve your bubbly the perfect glass for you is the new sparkling glass from Royal Leerdam. Starting with the premise that the shape of the glass can have an enormous influence on the taste of wine, the new range of stemware is called “The Experts’…
Italian Sparkling Selection by Libiamo
Sparkling wines from Italy: Spumante Charmat Brut, Rive Gauche, Malvirà This surprising sparkling wine is a light straw-yellow colour, with aromas of white peach and blossom with a hint of herbs. It has a dry, refreshing taste. It pairs well with chicken, pasta, light summer salads, fish, seafood and goats cheese. Malvirà is a well established…
Ridgeview Wine Estate – 20th Anniversary Bloomsbury Tasting
Ridgeview Wine Estate will be showing a rare line up of their flagship sparkling wine, Bloomsbury in the intimate surroundings of the library room at the Bloomsbury Hotel in Mayfair, London. Guests will be able to taste through archive vintages of Ridgeview’s Bloomsbury wines. These will include the wine from their very first vintage in 1996 through…
SANTO Sparkling Wine Brut Méthode Traditionelle
SANTO Sparkling Wine Brut Méthode Traditionelle makes a world debut as the very first bubbly version of the famous variety by a Santorini producer. The label and bottle are stunning, underlying a pure cosmopolitan vibe. The wine is made with the traditional method with second fermentation in the bottle and ageing on lees. When uncorked,…
Santo Wines
The vineyard of Santorini is one of the oldest in the world, with a 3,500 year history, is considered as a World Heritage site. What makes the island of Santorini so unique is the special ecosystem, created by the continuous explosions of the local volcano and the lava that burned the rocks and made the…
Prosecco Shortage? What Shortage?
Prosecco has been in the spotlight recently, with the apparent news of a global shortage. This we’re led to believe is to due to over demand and bad weather, but could it have been an elaborate marketing ploy? 2014 was a bad year for the Prosecco vineyards, grapes grown in the DOC flatlands of the Prosecco-producing region north…
Nyetimber Classic Cuvee 2010
The Classic Cuvee 2010 is pale golden in colour with gentle, fine bubbles that fill the nose with toasty, spicy and complex aromas showing wonderful development after more than three years on lees in the cellar. The palate supports these complex aromas with honey, almond, pastry and baked apple flavours. Cherie Spriggs, Nyetimber’s head winemaker,…
Hart of Gold ~ English Sparkling Wine
Justin Howard-Sneyd MW has spent years buying wine and advising winemakers on how to make and market their wines, so has now decided to put his money where his mouth is and launch his own English Sparkling Wine. After working at Chapel Down in 1997, Justin went on to buy English wine for Safeway, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose,…