Posts Tagged ‘English sparkling wine’
Boutique tour & tasting at Tinwood Estate
I’m endlessly fascinated, not just by the stories of wine production, but of how people came to be in the business of making wine in England & Wales. We hear quite often about people making money in other fields, like medicine or IT, the City or Formula 1 which enables them to make their dream of owning a vineyard…
Read MoreBoutique tour & tasting at Tinwood Estate
I’m endlessly fascinated, not just by the stories of wine production, but of how people came to be in the business of making wine in England & Wales. We hear quite often about people making money in other fields, like medicine or IT, the City or Formula 1 which enables them to make their dream of owning a vineyard…
Read MoreUps & 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.…
Read MoreStar Quality at Langham Estate
During the recent film awards season, it had occurred to me that you can’t call up the winner of the BAFTAs and ask to meet them for a glass of bubbly, but sometimes you can get in touch with the vineyard equivalent of a BAFTA winner and have a glass of sparkling wine with the winemaker. I…
Read MoreEmptying carefully filled bottles at Ridgeview
On seeing that Ridgeview Wine Estate in Sussex were doing a monthly tour, Susan and I thought we had better get ourselves down there. We had booked a while in advance and when the day came it was the morning after heavy winds and storms; we even wondered whether it would be cancelled. Our journey along normally busy…
Read MoreThoughts on Champagne, English Sparkling Wine and Sea Monsters
Now that I’ve finished unloading the car of treasures from the Montagne de Reims (it’s taken a while) I thought I’d try and give my thoughts on the question of what’s so great about Champagne. As much as I like English wine, and English sparkling wine in particular, I love Champagne. Not just the wine but…
Read MoreThree Choirs Vineyard
The Three Choirs Vineyards estate is one of the largest in England at 75 acres. Three Choirs Vineyard is also one of the oldest – the first vines were planted here in 1973. The first vintage produced in 1976. Nestled in Newent, near Gloucester and deep in the Cotswolds, the rolling hills and valleys provide…
Read MorePolgoon 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…
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