Posts Tagged ‘English wine’
HM The Queen to Launch Ship with Wiston Sparkling Wine
Her Majesty The Queen, accompanied by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, will name the new P&O Cruises vessel Britannia at Ocean Terminal, Southampton, on Tuesday March 10, 2015 with English sparkling wine Wiston Estate. Four nebuchadnezzars (the equivalent of 20 bottles) of Wiston Estate Brut NV have been specially commissioned for the naming…
Read MoreRed Nose Day cocktail recipe
Raise a toast to Red Nose Day with a cocktail recipe from Dorset producers Furleigh Estate, Conker Spirit and IOW Tomatoes. Award-winning local vineyard and winery, Furleigh Estate has teamed up with Dorset’s first gin distillery Conker Spirit and Isle of Wight Tomatoes to create a limited-edition cocktail for Red Nose Day, on Friday March 13.…
Read MoreHer Majesty the Queen clinks glasses of Camel Valley with President of Mexico
The Mexican President is on a 3 day state visit to England. Last night 170 guests attended Buckingham Palace for a lavish state banquet. The menu for the banquet hosted by the Queen for President Nieto and has wife included poached fillets of Dover sole, noisettes of Windsor Estate lamb and spiced chocolate torte. English sparkling wine also…
Read MoreDigby Fine English Rows for Gold with Leander Pink
Digby Fine English is the official sparkling wine partner for Leander Club. The six-year deal marks the first strategic sporting sponsorship for an English sparkling wine house and will stretch across the Olympics in 2016 and 2020 as well as Leander Club’s bicentennial celebrations in 2018. Trevor Clough, Co-Founder & CEO of Digby Fine English commented: “It’s…
Read MoreSparkling Wine & Fish & Chips
Fish and chips, an iconic British meal, it was regarded as being so vital to the home front during the Second World War that they were never rationed. There’s something quite nostalgic about enjoying fish and chips from a paper bag on the seafront. Nowadays you’re just as likely to enjoy a delicious portion of fish and chips…
Read More“Showcase the Best of Britain” by Serving English Wine Instead of French
Tracey Crouch, MP, member of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport committee, said that British Embassies around the world should be doing more to promote Britain and “showcase the best of Britain” by serving English wine instead of French. She said “You wouldn’t go to a French Embassy and expect them to be serving anything…
Read MoreFive Steps to Enjoying your Very Own English Sparkling Wine
Is sipping a glass of English sparkling wine overlooking your own vineyard an impossible dream? Not to Bruce and Sybilla Tindale at High Clandon. They planted their vines in 2004, harvested in 2007 and enjoyed the first vintage of their very own fizz two years ago. So, how did they do it? Well, it seems to me…
Read MoreWestwell Special Cuvée 2010
A dry and warm March/April got budburst off to a flying start. Then the frosts came, affecting many vineyards, but luckily not us! A cooler, but dry period in June produced decent, if small clusters, in our maiden vintage. The weather turned a little cooler in August and this delayed veraison till mid September when…
Read MoreWestwell Wines
Located on the chalk Downs below the Pilgrims way between Westwell and Charing in Kent, our vineyard has now expanded to 13 acres (5.2ha). Varieties planted include three destined for sparkling wine: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir & Pinot Meunier. All our wines are made from grapes grown on our estate as we wish to have complete control of the proces s from grape to glass. This…
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