Sparkling Wine News
Anna de Codorníu Brut and Brut Rosé
Anna de Codorníu, Spain’s leading sparkling wine, has unveiled a chic, new look for its popular Brut and Brut Rosé releases – as well as an inviting message for wine lovers: What are you Celebrating? Reminding us that every day is cause for celebration, Anna is the perfect sparkling choice for life’s everyday events, from girls’…
Restaurants that serve English Wines
Time for another outing into the world of restaurants that serve English wines… I’d first heard of Greenberry Café when owner Morfudd Richards was interviewed on tv about wines from Ancre Hill a couple of months back. It looked interesting, so the trusty Sarah and I set off for the short walk up Primrose Hill from Chalk Farm…
Southcott Vineyard
When Tim and I moved to Southcott House in 2005 the previous owner had a vineyard that he planted in1972 (date on website is a misprint). He had grown German grapes and made still wine. He pulled all the vines up in 1998. We decided that we would plant a new vineyard as a project…
Southcott Rosé 2010
A light, dry, crisp wine with lots of small bubbles. Scent of fresh peaches on the nose with a very clean taste. It has a very pale pink colour. This is an excellent wine to have as an aperitif or as an accompaniment to your starter. Its clean lines will compliment a rich dessert such…
L’Acadie Vineyard Sparkling Wines
All our Sparkling wine are crafted in the same traditional method used in France. Traditional method sparkling wines have their greatest successes when grown in cool climates that can ripen grapes at moderate sugar levels. Nova Scotia has an ideal climate. Fermentation takes place in the bottle that it is sold in. The result –…
L’Acadie Vineyards
Bruce Ewert and his Nova Scotian-born wife Pauline Scott moved their young family to Nova Scotia in 2004 and founded L’Acadie Vineyards in the Gaspereau Valley. Bruce identified that the region had great potential for crafting sparkling wine and in 2008, released the first traditional method sparkling wine in Nova Scotia. Since then, national and…
Trump Winery – Blanc de Blanc
Trump Winery follows Jefferson’s footsteps in making new world wines inspired by the French wine regions of Bordeaux and Champagne. Blanc de Blanc Brut sparkling wine is made by the Methode Champenoise from 100% estate grown Chardonnay grapes. The grapes are picked at night by hand and gently pressed to ensure that the wine retains all of…
Summerhill Pyramid – Cipes Gabriel
Cipes Gabriel Made with 100% Chardonnay grown in Summerhill’s own vineyard in Kelowna, this wine sits en tirage for seven years. Cipes Gabriel is pure and clean with aromas of vanilla and lemongrass, flavours of pineapple, apricot, and biscuit, and a beautiful fine mousse finish. Extended en tirage aging produced a wine with creamy bubbles…
Summerhill Pyramid – Cipes Ice
Cipes Ice Cipes Ice is an organic Pinot Noir cuvee, finished with an organic Pinot Noir Ice wine dosage. The Icewine lifts the red fruit flavours of the Pinot Noir. This wine has spent four years en triage. Demi-Sec Notes of strawberry, raspberry and blood orange with a creamy mousse and a crisp, clean honeyed…