Sparkling Wine News
A Glass of Sussex
English winemakers in Sussex are applying to the EU for a protected status (PDO) over their sparkling wines. With English sparkling wines sales on the increase, the region wants to protect their wines much like the Champagne and Prosecco regions hold rights to use their name. The sparkling wines would be subject to quality tests…
Her Majesty the Queen clinks glasses of Camel Valley with President of Mexico
The Mexican President is on a 3 day state visit to England. Last night 170 guests attended Buckingham Palace for a lavish state banquet. The menu for the banquet hosted by the Queen for President Nieto and has wife included poached fillets of Dover sole, noisettes of Windsor Estate lamb and spiced chocolate torte. English sparkling wine also…
Riedel relaunch the ‘Prosecco Superiore’ Glass
I was very excited last week to hear confirmation from Riedel UK (the top glassware people in case you’re wondering) that they are bringing back their Prosecco glass! The glass was made obsolete a few years ago, at a time when Prosecco wasn’t as popular as it is now. Prosecco has now overtaken Champagne to…
Monroe Overdry Prosecco Extra Dry – Special Edition
The taste of Monroe Overdry Prosecco D.O.C. Extra Dry Special Edition sparkling wine is fine, elegant and harmonic with the colour is light straw yellow with golden reflections and perlage fine, numerous and persistent. The bouquet is fine, delicately fruity with notes of Williams pear, golden apple and hint of yellow peach. floral hints of…
Digby Fine English Rows for Gold with Leander Pink
Digby Fine English is the official sparkling wine partner for Leander Club. The six-year deal marks the first strategic sporting sponsorship for an English sparkling wine house and will stretch across the Olympics in 2016 and 2020 as well as Leander Club’s bicentennial celebrations in 2018. Trevor Clough, Co-Founder & CEO of Digby Fine English commented: “It’s…
Monroe Overdry Prosecco D.O.C Extra Dry
The Monroe Overdry Prosecco D.O.C. Extra Dry Special Edition sparkling wine is made in Italy from grapes grown by a number of growers on the hills vineyards with a high temperature range between night and day around Treviso, close to Venice, in Veneto region, northern Italy. The taste of Monroe Overdry Prosecco D.O.C. Extra Dry…
Monroe Overdry Prosecco
The Monroe Overdry Prosecco D.O.C. (Denomination of Origin Controlled) sparkling wine is very food-friendly, guest-friendly, easygoing and value-conscious sparkling wine. This sparkling wine is a 100% British project, developed in London. However, the content – the Prosecco D.O.C. Extra Dry sparkling wine – is 100% made in Italy by a number of growers on the hills…
Battle of the Bubbles: New Zealand vs England the Results
Hosted by New Zealand Winegrowers, Tourism New Zealand and New Zealand Trade & Enterprise, the ‘Battle of the Bubbles’ was played out in Wellington, with Team Captains Oz Clarke for England and Master of Wine Jane Skilton for New Zealand participating in a blind tasting of the two countries’ wines. The wines were tasted in…
Bottle Your Brand – Personalised Bottles of Prosecco
It is unusual to be able to be able to personalise a wine bottle at volumes lower than 10,000 units, but Prosecco specialist importer GreatVine is the first to make fully personalised bottles of high quality Prosecco DOC Treviso Millesimato or DOCG Valdobbiadene Superiore available anywhere in the UK or Ireland from a minimum order…