Sparkling Wine News
Celebrate New Beginnings with Bubbly
Years after leaving school, September still evokes images of crunching over newly-fallen leaves in new shoes on crisp mornings, new pencils and empty exercise books and a sense of possibility and starting afresh. It remains a turning point in the year. Parents are sending children to primary or secondary school or even university for the…
Glasgow named Prosecco capital of the UK
Discount supermarket Aldi have proclaimed Glasgow to be the ‘capital’ of Prosecco, having published a map revealing the most popular wines in different parts of the UK. The map, based on the first 16,000 transactions on its online wine store, launched in January, also showed Champagne to be the drink of choice in South West…
Sparkling Wine Sales Pass 1 Billion
According to wine sales experts, 2016 is turning out to be a bumper year for sparkling wine consumption, with sales set to increase even further over the next few years. According to the Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA), sparkling wine sales have passed the £1bn mark for the first time this year, with four…
Danger in the Vineyards!
On 23rd August a wine grower was crushed to death by his straddle tractor when it overturned in Ludes. This wasn’t the first fatality this year in what’s considered a very hazardous job. If you’ve visited the Champagne vineyards you’ll have seen these distinctive tractors everywhere. In just a few weeks they’ll be transporting the…
Danebury English Sparkling Wine & Horse Racing
Danebury Vineyards, a family-owned wine estate in Hampshire, has returned to its roots by reintroducing a venue for race horse training. Danebury produces renowned vintage sparkling Cossack under the watchful eye of award-winning winemaker Vince Gower. The estate started life as a famous race horse training yard in the 18th century, serving nearby Stockbridge racecourse…
Cava Grand Tasting
When visiting wineries is not an option, it’s a treat when an expert can bring their knowledge and passion to you. The minute MW Sarah Jane Evans begins her Cava seminar at the IWINETC in Spain her love of Spanish fizz flows. She blitzes through the history and basics of Cava with wit and not…
Your Chance to Name a New English Sparkling Wine
Naked Wines is launching an English sparkling wine to be named by the British public Naked Wines customers will get the opportunity to pre-fund a new English sparkling wine, which will be ready to drink in 2018. It’s a unique opportunity to make English winemaking history, investors will be involved in the final blend of…
Ridgeview to Hold Tasting in Aid of Hospital in Eastbourne
Ridgeview Wine Estate are holding an English sparkling wine tasting in aid of the Friends of Eastbourne hospital on Friday 7th October at 7:30pm. The event will take place at Eastbourne DGH restaurant, with tickets costing £30 each. The tasting will be led by the estate’s Business Development Manager, Tom Surgey. Guests will have the…
New Beginners’ Wine Guide Helps Schools in Sierra Leone
Wine entrepreneur Jerry Lockspeiser is to publish a new beginners’ wine guide, called YOUR WINE QUESTIONS ANSWERED: The 25 things wine drinkers most want to know, with 100% of its profits being used to build primary schools in Sierra Leone. The guide features a chapter that answers the question: ‘What is the difference between Champagne…