Sparkling Wine News
Nyetimber and The Vineyard at Stockcross.
My very first interest in learning more about wine started during an English Wine Producers‘ tasting at the Great British Cheese Festival around 10 years ago. The realisation that there could be a future in producing wine made from grapes grown in this country, ignited a real excitement in me that wine had failed to do in the past and…
Growing popularity of English sparkling wine
The amount of English wine producers and vineyards is growing with English sparkling wine accounting for 66% of the wine produced. With already global recognition for quality, English Sparkling Wine is becoming a popular wine to see at table of fine venues across the world. In 2018 there was over 7,000 acres of land in…
How much sugar is in sparkling wine?
Brut is a level of sweetness in sparkling wine. Depending on your sweetness preference, many sparkling wine regions and producers will have a selection of sugar levels in their wines to choose from: Brut Natural or Brut Zero has less than 3 grams of sugar per litre or no sugar at all. Extra Brut has…
What’s the best way to store and serve sparkling wine?
We all know that the best way to store Champagne is deep down in that cool, dark and damp cellar, though for most of us we will not have access to such a storage solution for our wines so what is the next best thing we can do? If we look at things as per…
Prosecco – Italian sparkling wine
One of the most magnificent wine tourism destinations is the Prosecco Veneto region of Italy. Towards the northern part of Italy and spreading out over some 43,500 hectares of vineyards within classifications of styles and standards, the Prosecco region attracts visitors globally and holds UNESCO status. The Glera, also known as the Prosecco grape, is…
Sparkling Wine
The subject of Sparkling Wine is a lot more than the most common question it gets, ie ‘what is the difference between sparkling wine and Champagne‘? Wines are made globally and cover many different styles from still to sparkling, fortified to organic. It is quoted in varied articles that global wine production is around 35 billion…
Dedham Vale Sparkling Wine
The amount of vineyards across the UK is increasing to include not only the southern region, but out across other areas too including north of England and the south west. Essex which falls in to the region of East Anglia boasts an increasing number also that includes Dedham Vale Vineyard which lays in the northern…
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