Posts Tagged ‘Sparkling Wine’
Mawby, Michigan’s Sparkling Wine
In 1973 we planted our first vines and established our vineyards at the Elm Valley location in 1976. These vineyards have been increased until today the property is fully planted with about 20 acres of vines. Larry Mawby has been making our L.Mawby traditional method sparkling wines since our first sparkling winemaking in 1984. Since…
Read MoreThe Art of Wines: Bellavista
The “The Art of Wines” intends to become world leader in the distribution of the excellent Italian wines and particularly those of Campania. Bellavista Alma The foam is white, exuberant and excellent persistence. The sparkle is fine and continuous, with abundant crown. Bright colour, with yellow evident green tints. There seduces her perfume which is…
Read MoreSANTO Sparkling Wine Brut Méthode Traditionelle
SANTO Sparkling Wine Brut Méthode Traditionelle makes a world debut as the very first bubbly version of the famous variety by a Santorini producer. The label and bottle are stunning, underlying a pure cosmopolitan vibe. The wine is made with the traditional method with second fermentation in the bottle and ageing on lees. When uncorked,…
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The vineyard of Santorini is one of the oldest in the world, with a 3,500 year history, is considered as a World Heritage site. What makes the island of Santorini so unique is the special ecosystem, created by the continuous explosions of the local volcano and the lava that burned the rocks and made the…
Read MoreWhat Does Sparkling Wine Sound Like?
What sounds come to mind when you think of the taste of Champagne or sparkling wine? Composer and ‘synaesthete’ Nick Ryan has recreated what he hears when he tastes wine, turning tasting notes into musical ones. His synaesthesia means some of his senses involuntarily blend – this gives him an extraordinary ability to translate the taste of wine into an audio composition.…
Read MoreBlanquette de Limoux & Crémant de Limoux
Everyone has heard of Champagne, but there are also plenty of other sparkling wines that come from France. Languedoc-Roussillon is actually the largest wine region of France and perhaps the oldest. Wine historians believe that the world’s first sparkling wine was produced in this region in 1531, by the monks at the abbey in Saint-Hilaire. It…
Read MoreHM 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 MoreA Glass of Sussex
English winemakers in Sussex are applying to the EU for a protected status (PDO) over their sparkling wines. With English sparkling wines sales on the increase, the region wants to protect their wines much like the Champagne and Prosecco regions hold rights to use their name. The sparkling wines would be subject to quality tests…
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…
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