Posts Tagged ‘English sparkling wine’
Polgoon Sparkling Rosé Wine
A Methodé Traditionelle sparkling rosé wine with a deep rich pink colour. The fruit forward nose of the Pinot Noir gives way to the ripe berry flavours of the Rondo. Well balanced and delicious, with a lively mousse of fine bubbles, with raspberries and strawberries on the palate, finishing dry & crisp. Grapes: Seyval Blanc, Rondo…
Read MorePolgoon Vineyard
Polgoon Vineyard and Orchard is located on South facing slopes in Penzance, Cornwall. The land has always been used for farming and through the 1900s Polgoon was a commercial flower farm. Its rich soil, free draining south facing slopes make Polgoon the perfect environment for planting a vineyard and the extra special ‘terroir’ to produce…
Read MoreThree Choirs Sparkling Wines
Three Choirs Vineyards produce a range of award winning English wines – all grapes are grown on our estate, and all vinting is done in house by master vintners. We produce two traditional bottle fermented English sparkling wines, Classic Cuvee and Blanc De Noir, both are everything you would expect of any superior sparkling wine;…
Read MoreHambledon Vineyard Sparkling Wine
We currently have three main vineyards covering 20 hectares on the slopes of Windmill Down (named after an ancient windmill) around the house. Each vineyard is planted with Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier – the three grape varieties most commonly used in the production of Champagne. Our grapes are harvested and loaded into the…
Read MoreHambledon Vineyard
Hambledon is located on the South Downs in Hampshire and is England’s oldest commercial vineyard. Originally established by General Sir Guy Salisbury-Jones, with the help and advice from friends at the renowned Champagne House Pol Roger, he planted a number of different grape varieties in 1952 and went on to release the first commercial range…
Read MoreQuance Wines
We are a small vineyard of just under one and a half hectares, with between 3,500 and 4,000 vines growing, which, after this years plantings will be made up of the following varieties; Madeleine Angevine, Siegerrebe and Chardonnay for our white wines and the base of our sparkling wine, with Rondo, Cabernet Cortis, Dornfelder and…
Read MoreRestaurants 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…
Read MoreSouthcott 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…
Read MoreSouthcott 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…
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