Sparkling Wine News
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…
Jockey Club Catering unveils ‘Best of British’ wine selection
In celebration of the new National Hunt season, Jockey Club Catering has unveiled its new wine list. Available across 15 Jockey Club Racecourses, the 40 bottle main list will feature wines from some of the world’s finest vineyards including, for the first time, three wines from England as part of Jockey Club’s ‘Best of British’…
Domaine Delmas Cuvée des Sacres Crémant de Limoux Brut 2011
Cuvée des Sacres – Crémant de Limoux– Brut 2011 Chardonnay (mainly) – Chenin – Pinot Noir – Mauzac Ageing: minimum 24 months on laths – Dosage: 3 to 5 g/l From Tête de Cuvée selected juices obtain from the first press with low pressure extraction Rich, delicate, brioched. This is a Crémant with nicely flowered…
Maeli Moscato Giallo Fior D’Arancio
Maeli is the splendid enterprise set in the Euganean Hills and guided by Elisa Dilavanzo that has drawn new energy from the support given it by Gianluca and Desiderio Bisol, who have encouraged the search for new expressions in a grape variety that still has so much to reveal. The estate overlooks the magnificent Villa…