Sparkling Wine News
Pink Bubbly for Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day wouldn’t be the same without flowers, chocolate and of course bubbly! Pink bubbly in particular is seen as the more romantic choice so we’ve given you a selection of Champagne, Prosecco, English sparkling wine and other sparkling wines to inspire you for this Valentine’s Day. Billecart-Salmon Brut Rosé Its pale and bright…
Slate Wine Racks
I design and make a range of wine racks from world famous Welsh Slate and Portland Stone. These vary in sizes from a single hole for your prize bubbly upto our largest rack at 42 x holes, standing over 6ft tall! Slate is a great material and has many features and attributes and lends itself…
Hoffmann & Rathbone’s 2011 Rosé Réserve
Anyone who knows Hoffman & Rathbone will know that our releases are eagerly anticipated. Passion for the process is everything, attention to detail is our trademark, and we just won’t rush a good thing. Following the huge success of our inaugural first release (the 2010 trilogy of Rosé Réserve, Classic Cuvée and Blanc de Blancs),…
Immich-Anker Sekt
Immich-Anker wine estate is an old family-run estate where wine has been cultivated since 1425. The family’s secrets are passed from father to son and the winery is now run by the 17th generation. The Immich family is one of the oldest winemaking families of the Mosel. The winery is located in a villa in Gothic…
Luc Belaire Rosé “Mini”
Each Belaire Rosé “Mini” is made from a delicate blend of France’s three most famous Rosé grapes, Syrah, Cinsault, and Grenache, aged for the perfect effervescence and blended with a 100% Syrah dosage. The wine is crafted by our 5th and 6th generation father-and-son winemakers, whose Maison was established in 1898 in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, home…
Virgola Prosecco D.O.C.
Virgola Prosecco is an elegant sparkling white wine made from Glera grapes grown in hilly terrain and fermented in tanks according to the Charmat method in Valdobbiadene, Veneto, Italy. This wine expresses the utmost in quality, the harmonic structure is accompanied by the delicate aroma of apple and pear. The harvest is done totally by hand and the grape pressing is light and…
2015 Oxford Wine Festival
The 2015 Oxford Wine Festival will take place at the world famous Oxford Union buildings on the 21st and 22nd August. The inaugural 2014 wine festival saw an attendance of over 1800 wine lovers, with visitors flying in from as far away as California and South Africa. The festival brings together many of the UK’s leading…
Gonzalez Byass UK welcomes Coates & Seely into their portfolio.
English sparkling wine producer Coates & Seely has announced a change in distribution in the UK, appointing Gonzalez Byass UK as exclusive distributor with immediate effect. Brainchild of long term friends, financier Nicholas Coates and Christian Seely. Coates & Seely was started with the clear objective of making England’s finest sparkling wines from Pinot Noir,…
The Harvest of Dreams – View from behind the Snips
I cannot now recall how long before the 2014 harvest it was that the word “dream” started to be used, but it was certainly weeks, if not months, before the first grape was picked. After the poor harvest of 2011, the abject disaster of 2012 and a reasonable crop in 2013, excitement built throughout 2014. Vines…