Sparkling Wine News
How Sweet is your Sparkling Wine?
The amount of sugar added to Champagne or sparkling wine determines the sweetness or dryness of that particular bottle. Extra Dry, sounds drier than Brut right? No, a simply way to look at the sweetness levels is the following: Brut Zéro > Extra Brut > Brut > Extra Dry > Sec > Demi-Sec > Doux Brut zéro or…
White Castle Vineyard Sparkling Wines
White Castle vineyard is dedicated to producing a variety of quality award winning welsh wines using first class viticultural practices. Our classic sparkling wines are made in true champenoise method with its second fermentation in the bottle. White castle sparkling rose 2012 brut is an elegant and attractive sparkling rose with strawberry and summer fruit…
White Castle Vineyard
White Castle Vineyard is owned by Robb & Nicola Merchant, situated in the beautiful rolling countryside of Monmouthshire in the village of Llanvetherine close to the town of Abergavenny. The family run 5 acre vineyard is planted on a gentle south facing slope that is ideal for growing vines and ripening grapes for Welsh wine….
50 Great Sparkling Wines
50 Great Sparkling Wines of the World recognizes outstanding sparkling wines and producers. It documents a range of sparkling wine styles for you to explore. It spotlights interesting wineries to visit for your next grape escape holiday and it provides objective professional tasting notes with producer contact details. A team of experienced wine tasters reviewed sparkling wines…
50 Great Cavas 2014
Back in 2000, the cava world did not have a unique guide, now in its 4th edition the 50 Great Cavas 2014 publication is recognized as an authority on cavas in the wine import industry. The Top 50 were selected by looking at body, colour, clarity and bubbles. They were tasted for acidity, mouth-feel and mousse,…
Battle of the Bubbles: New Zealand vs English Sparkling Wine
New Zealand and English sparkling wine to go head-to-head to celebrate the Cricket World Cup To kick-off the celebrations, New Zealand sparkling wine will compete with English sparkling wine in the “Battle of the Bubbles” on Thursday 19th February in Wellington, the day before the two teams meet for real on the cricket pitch! Each…
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),…