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Ups & Downs of Making English Sparkling Wine
Let’s start with a quick test. How many have you have actually drunk English wine before? I’m guessing not that many of you… Funny really, if we were French and I asked you all have you tried French wine before then it’d be near as damn it 100%. Italians and Italian wine? Same deal. You get the point.…
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Making Sparkling Wine in England
Most people reading this I guess will be a bit bemused by the idea of English wine. Especially any Johnny and Janet Foreigners. English wine? How does that work? It’s so cold and wet over there! Well, yeah it is, fair enough, but it didn’t stop the Romans a couple of thousand years ago, so it probably shouldn’t…
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English Sparkling Wine
English Sparkling Wine has gone from strength to strength over the past decade but the reality is that England has a long and rich history of bubbly production. It is claimed that Christopher Merrett, a 17th century cider maker from Gloucester, first devised the fermentation method which gives champagne its sparkle as well as inventing…
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Spiegelau Glassware
Experience your wine like never before. Whether you’re a casual wine lover or a wine connoisseur, if your toast will be for evenings in or grand celebrations, you’ll find a Spiegelau range perfectly suited to you and your style. With 500 years of experience in producing fine crystal glass, Spiegelau creates individually-designed glasses for specific…
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Nyetimber Demi-Sec
Nyetimber uses only its own grapes from its own vineyards, each of which was deliberately selected to be south-facing with either sandy or chalk soils similar in composition to those found in Champagne. All Nyetimber vineyards are located in the lee of the South Downs which affords them shelter from the coastal winds. Prior to harvest, the grapes are…
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Nyetimber Classic Cuvee 2009
Nyetimber is one of the most successful vineyards in the UK. When planting its first vines back in 1988, the team were already confident that the classic Champagne grapes – Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier – would respond well to the area’s geology and climate. Today, the Nyetimber Estate is the largest vineyard in the…
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Nyetimber
For over 25 years Nyetimber has had a single aim: to make the finest English sparkling wine, one to rival the very best in the world, including Champagne. A true pioneer, Nyetimber was the very first producer of English sparkling wine to craft wines made exclusively from the three celebrated varieties found in Champagne: Pinot…
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Memoirs Sparkling Wine bar and restaurant, Colchester, Essex.
Memoirs Restaurant & Cocktail / Champagne Bar, international fine dining in the heart of Colchester’s Town centre. After falling in love with the Old Library building (part of the Town Hall complex) our dream was to turn it into a stunning restaurant space. With vaulted ceilings, period architecture and ornate artwork, the room is packed…
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Balfour Blanc de Blancs 2010
2010 was an exceptional year for Chardonnay with perfect conditions over flowering at Hush Heath. The vineyards were pushed to the limits and picking took place at the last possible opportunity on the 21st of October. Yields were exceptionally low, therefore sugars were high, making base wines of great intensity. With this in mind a…
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