Sparkling Wine News
Emma Rice waves her wand across another sparkling triumph
Emma Rice, Head winemaker at Hattingley Valley and recent recipient of UK Winemaker of The Year has turned up trumps again making the Alder Ridge Sparkling Blanc de Noirs 2013. This new sparkling wine is sourced from Cobbs Farm on the border of Berkshire and Wiltshire, just up the road from my Michelin Star restaurant…
Top reasons why you should sell bubbly!
Sparkling wine is more than just a drink, it’s uplifting. It has the power to make you feel instantly better and make an evening much more enjoyable. So why should you sell sparkling wine? Sparkling wine out-performs all other wines on the market and it’s only getting bigger. With the rise of Prosecco, bubbly is more…
When is Prosecco not Prosecco?
Prosecco has seen a huge increase in popularity in recent years. Due to this popularity Stefano Zanette president of the Prosecco DOC Consortium has said that there are an increasing number of imitators jumping on the Prosecco bandwagon. Prosecco was originally the name of a grape and a place, but once the wine’s popularity grew, more…
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…