Sparkling Wine News
Bluebell Vineyard Estates Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary with Launch of Late Disgorged Blanc de Blancs
Bluebell Vineyard Estates, based in Danehill, East Sussex, celebrated 10 years of sparkling success today with the launch of a Late Disgorged Blanc de Blancs. The release marks the start of a new wine series for Bluebell Vineyard of sparkling wines aged on their lees for a minimum of 60 months. The inaugural release, a…
Tanore Vineyard, Italy
We are a small Italian firm in Valdobbiadene (Treviso), in the heartland of Cartizze. Among these hills we own 10 hectares of vineyards, called “Rive”, which means steep slopes cultivated by hand. From our “Rive” we produce our Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG wines. Such a limited production allows us to follow with meticulous attention every…
The Growth of English Sparkling Wine
Approx 66% of all the wine produced in England is sparkling wine. The largest amount of grapes grown for English Sparkling wine comes from the vineyard of Denbies, the largest single vineyard at 106 ha/265 acres. Nyetimber has the largest estate at approx 177ha/438 acres. While Chapel Down is the largest producer of English sparkling wine, although…
Earliest ever grape harvest underway in Oregon
Some Oregon wineries have already started picking grapes making this year one of the earliest starts to harvest on record. The unusually warm winter and spring and hot, dry summer got things off to an early start. At Stoller Vineyards, they began harvesting enough grapes to make 6000 bottles of sparkling wine. Eola Hills Wine…
Angelina, new sparkling wine from Grace Vineyard in China
After six years’ preparation, Grace Vineyard is bringing its new sparkling wine series “Angelina” to the market. It is also the very first vintage sparkling wine using traditional method made by a Chinese boutique winery. The sparkling wines consist of 3 different non-vintage wines each a 100% single variety of Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc and Chenin Blanc respectively. Each variety has its personalized label on different silhouettes of the little girl, expressing the messages of “joy, hope and pursue”. Angelina Brut Reserve…
Make Every Day a Glass of Bubbly Day!
Sparkling wine and Champagne in particular used to be seen as a way to mark a special occasion. With the arrival of more and more sparkling wines that offer great quality, but are less expensive than Champagne, like Cava from Spain or Prosecco from Italy then the opportunity now arises to enjoy a glass of bubbly any day. Also…
2015 Harvest has begun in Burgundy
The 2015 harvest has begun in the area of Prissé / La Roche-Vineuse, in Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy. Les Vignerons des Terres Secrètes are among the first to begin grape picking in Burgundy, in a corner of Mâconnais, they are harvesting the grapes by hand for the french sparkling wine, Crémant. It was beautiful weather for the start of the…
10,000th Thief celebrates with a Glass of Bubbly & Cake!?
How we all know the power of YouTube in marketing businesses and mini video clips going viral, and this ‘10,000th Shoplifter Gets A Parade and Cake‘ titled upload certainly has a few eyebrows lifting: https://youtu.be/ZdQUc8jDPKs Unsure of who the copyright belongs to, but this video for all to see uploaded by user Elitist Vagabond clearly shows how…
UK Prosecco sales overtake Champagne for the first time
The value of Prosecco sales in the UK overtook Champagne for the first time over the past 12 months, with Proescco sales totalling £338.6m, an increase of 72% on the last year. Champagne sales value only reached £250m, which was only a small increase of 1.2% from the previous year, while Cava sales dropped 11% to £18.6m….