Posts Tagged ‘Sparkling Wine’
Why Sparkling Wine? My Top 10 Reasons
Well why not?! It’s fabulous. Don’t you agree? I’ve been asked a few times why my business specialises in premium sparkling wine and particularly starting with Prosecco. So here we go….my top 10 reasons why: 1) The wine market for sparkling wine is increasing, particularly Prosecco. In fact, Prosecco overtook Champagne last year in global…
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Just outside the market town of Burford, gateway to the Cotswolds, lies a little hamlet called Westwell. Tiny (there are only 40 inhabitants), Westwell is almost famous for being the most westerly Roman well in Oxfordshire, hence it’s not massively inventive name, and also the sometime dwelling of former home secretary Douglas Hurd. Oh, and…
Read MoreGlyndwr Vineyard Sparkling Wines
Glyndwr Vineyard produces a range of fine, award-winning wines which have been carefully blended and fermented by their skilled winemaker for over a quarter of a century. Glyndwr Black Label Vintage Sparkling White 2010 An amazing full bodied wine with a golden hue, fine bubbles, ripe fruit and toasty richness. Only 500 bottles of this fine…
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Glyndwr Vineyard is the oldest established and largest vineyard in Wales. Planted by the current owners in 1982, the estate comprises over 6,000 vines, grown on gently south-east facing slopes in the heart of the beautiful Vale of Glamorgan. The bottle label depicts the Welsh prince, Owain Glyndwr, riding into battle with Carreg Cennen Castle…
Read MoreL’Acadie Vineyard Sparkling Wines
All our Sparkling wine are crafted in the same traditional method used in France. Traditional method sparkling wines have their greatest successes when grown in cool climates that can ripen grapes at moderate sugar levels. Nova Scotia has an ideal climate. Fermentation takes place in the bottle that it is sold in. The result –…
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Bruce Ewert and his Nova Scotian-born wife Pauline Scott moved their young family to Nova Scotia in 2004 and founded L’Acadie Vineyards in the Gaspereau Valley. Bruce identified that the region had great potential for crafting sparkling wine and in 2008, released the first traditional method sparkling wine in Nova Scotia. Since then, national and…
Read More‘Cossack’ Sparkling Wine Vintage 2006
‘Cossack’ Sparkling Wine Vintage 2006 Made from a blend of the Auxerrois Blanc (a cross between Gouais Blanc and Pinot Noir sharing the ancestry of Chardonnay) and Rulander grapes (a German synonym for Pinot Gris). It is made using the traditional bottle fermentation method and is aged up to three years on its lees. A…
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