Sparkling Wine News
Gusbourne English Sparkling to create Prestige Cuvée
Charlie Holland, Winemaker at Gusbourne Estate, revealed that they are developing a Prestige Cuvée which won’t be released until 2020. Gusbourne Estate is currently one of the most exciting and ambitious names in English wine. Located in the Garden of England in Kent at Appledore, it’s a 200 hectare Estate on a single site with 20 hectares under…
Meet the Winemaker: Brad Greatrix – Nyetimber
Recently, we put our questions to Brad Greatrix, winemaker at Nyetimber and part of a great winemaking duo at England’s premier sparkling wine house. He and his wife Head Winemaker Cherie Spriggs are the third couple that have had a major influence on the Nyetimber brand and consequently English wines in recent decades. Nyetimber has…
Greyfriars Successful Harvest
Autumn has arrived and the vineyards at Greyfriars are awash with a golden glow. Harvest was another huge success, due to the rather mild but inclement weather, harvest was very late this year with picking starting at the end of October. This year the training system for the vines was changed from a double cane to a…
UK Supermarket Champagne & Sparkling Wine Deals
Stocking up on bubbly for the festive season? Whatever style or price range you’re after, there’s great options available. With the savings, it’s a good opportunity to try out something new. Supermarket’s will be battling it out to give the best deals, so here’s a few to keep an eye out for: Champagne Louis Delaunay Champagne Brut…
Surplus of Prosecco after Record Harvest
Fantastic growing conditions have led to the biggest Prosecco harvest to date, producing around 470 million bottles this year. However, this surplus of Prosecco won’t have any effect on the current prices. The extra bubbly will be stockpiled, ready for later to keep up with the soaring demand. Production has tripled in the last 6 years, mainly…
Corvezzo Organic Prosecco
Corvezzo Wine is an Italian winery situated in Cessalto, a town not far from Venice. The history of this land, which has been well known since the Roman age for its fertility, is inextricably linked with the wine-production tradition of the Corvezzo family. From the early 1900s, Giuseppe Corvezzo had been working the land…
English Winemakers Benefit from Warmer Weather
Climate change has been a boost to the development of the UK wine industry. The warmer weather has even allowed vineyards to start springing up in the north of the country, and even as far as Scotland. However, the top-class English sparkling wine is still currently centred in the South – mainly Kent, Surrey, Hampshire,…
Top Sparkling Wines of California
California produces some fantastic sparkling wines that are influenced by the beautiful landscape and terroir. Here are a few examples to try. Scharffenberger Brut Excellence NV Scharffenberger Cellars was founded in 1981 with the commitment to making ultra-premium sparkling wines, which are today established among America’s finest. The Brut Excellence is the house’s signature cuvée made from approximately…
Out of each 400 bottles of Prosecco, only one is Cartizze
Out of each 400 bottles of Prosecco, only one is Cartizze. 1000 hours of manual work in the vineyards to create this bespoke and elegant dry sparkling wine. Valdobbiadene Superiore di Cartizze DOCG is that fine and versatile sparkling wine, the very ‘symbol’ of Valdobbiadene Superiore. Cartizze is the fruit of the hill of the…