Sparkling Wine News
Sales of Sparkling Wine Soar
Sparkling wine continues to become a drink to be enjoyed everday, not just saved for special occasions. In Britain, we drank an extra 29.7million litres of wine, both still and sparkling, at home in the last year, a 3.7% rise on the previous year. Sparkling wine has enjoyed the greatest percentage gain thanks primarily to…
Experience the Grape Harvest at Bluebell Vineyard Estates
Members of the public will have the opportunity to experience English wine production first hand on Saturday 17th October when Bluebell Vineyard hosts a harvest experience for members of the public. Participants will hand pick the grapes, learn what happens behind the scenes and see how sparkling wine is made, before sampling the freshly pressed…
I’m tasting Stars, quite literally, with Prosecco crisps
If you love a glass of bubbly, then you’ll find it hard to resist the Marks and Spencer ‘Fizz and Sparkle’ crisps they have on their shelves (appropriately placed not far away for the drinks section). So fine, you won’t be getting drunk from these crisps, nor will you be able to squeeze a drop…
Ridgeview English Sparkling Wine hits the US
CEO of Ridgeview wines headed over to Manhattan recently to showcase their bubbly to the Americans. The idea of English wine may seem strange in the US, but English winemakers can let the quality of the bubbly speak for itself. “English wine is a new concept to most Americans; therefore, many would be suprised to know that English sparkling wine…
2nd Vintage of Leckford English Sparkling Wine from Waitrose
Waitrose is the only supermarket to have its own vineyard, which produced its first grapes in 2011. Waitrose has now welcomed its second vintage of Leckford Brut 2012, this elegant sparkling wine, which has been crafted at premier English wine estate, Ridgeview, is a blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier grapes. With aromas…
25th Anniversary of Maso Martis
In 1990 Roberta and Antonio decided to take the piece of land in Martignano outside Trento and to dedicate their efforts to create a great Trento DOC. In 1992 they got married and went on to have two children, Alessandra and Maddalena. During this time, Maso Martis had become one of the top wineries of…
Italy Overtakes France as Largest Wine Producer
According to figures released by the European Commission, Italy is the largest wine producer of 2015. Italy produced 13% on top of their previous year while France is down 1%. Italy’s output was 48.8 million hectolitres while France fell behind slightly with 46.4 million. The main reason for the difference is the favourable weather Italy received this…
Grape picking in an English vineyard with Dedham Vale
October 4th and it’s the season of grape picking here in England and as we have done before, we like to pop along to our most local English Sparkling Wine vineyard to lend a helping hand to harvest the grapes. Located on the Essex / Suffolk borders, Dedham Vale Vineyard produces it’s own brut sparkling…
Meet The Winemaker, Sam Lindo – Camel Valley
In our second article we meet Sam Lindo, the rising star of Camel Valley vineyard and son of founder Bob Lindo, a retired RAF pilot, who with his wife panted the first vines her in 1989. For those of you that are familiar with Camel Valley you’ll know that over the last two decades or…