Sparkling Wine News
Underraga Sparkling Wine – Rosé
ORIGIN Maipo Valley. 100% Pinot Noir VINEYARDS Terrain: The soil’s origin is alluvial, with an medium-textured, loamy to loamy-clayey and well drained. The land is flat, of medium depth and moderately fertile. Climate: The climate is sub-humid Mediterranean. Winters are mild; summers are temperate and dry, with cool nights. These conditions ensure a production of…
Undurraga Sparkling Wine – Brut
ORIGIN Central Valley. 60% Chardonnay, 40% Pinot Noir. VINEYARDS Terrain: The soil’s origin is alluvial, with an average texture, loamy to sandy loam and well drained. The land is flat, of average depth and moderately fertile. Climate: The climate is sub-humid Mediterranean. Winters are mild; summers are temperate and dry, with cool nights. These conditions…
Camel Valley 2014 – The Vintage of Dreams
No spring frosts, a perfect fruit-set, enough rain in August to swell the crop (even that had the good grace to fall during the hours of darkness) and the driest and warmest September for nearly 100 years came together for a perfect storm of good grape growing news at Camel Valley. The maritime South Westerly’s…
Mrs Wigley Moscato
“Wirra Wirra” is an aboriginal name meaning “amongst the gum trees”. Wirra Wirra Vineyards was originally established in 1894 by known South Australian eccentric and cricketer Robert Strangways Wigley. Mrs Wigley was not the wife of Wirra Wirra founder Bob Wigley, but a particular pussycat who was born at the neighbouring Petrucci residence. within days…
Désirée: Compares Ancestral Dioise Method & Traditional Method
Désirée compares the Ancestral Dioise Method and the Traditional Method of winemaking. Ancestral Dioise Method CLAIRETTE DE DIE GRAPE VARIETY White Muscat with small grains (75 to 100%). Clairette variety (25 % maximum). COLLECT OF GRAPES Grape harvest by hand, Treading of grapes. PRESSING Discontinuous horizontal wine presses.Selection of juices pressed. FILTR ATION OF JUICES…
Bacchantes Sparkling Wines
Bacchantes is specialized in rare and exceptional gourmets wines, of the Rhône Valley. The main range is constituted around Die’s Sparkling white wine : a sweet and confidential grappe variety. A long selection was made to take the best of this naming, in adequacy with young wine growers of Die, around a trendy and luxurious…
Jenkyn Place looks forward to a bumper harvest this year
Hampshire-based sparkling wine producer, Jenkyn Place is expecting a bumper harvest this year with the vines flourishing and grapes in top condition. Owner, Simon Bladon, says, “We are really excited about the 2014 harvest which looks set to be our biggest and best to date – we’re expecting between 80 and 100 tonnes of grapes….
Nyetimber – the stuff of dreams
The night before my visit to Nyetimber I slept badly. I dreamt that I was walking among crowds of people towards the vineyard and was distracted by a giant winery that had somehow been transported from Champagne to the street where I walked. I wandered inside, spent ages exploring and eventually found myself in a…
Albert de Vilarnau Cava
Vilarnau is a top-end, finely crafted Cava produced on a small and very exclusive scale with a touch of the avant-garde about it. This Cava has many links to the city of Barcelona with strong links to the modern, cutting edge spirit of the one of Spain’s most famous conurbations . Vilarnau is situated in…