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English Sparkling Wine: Exton Park’s Reserve Blend wines
This is where Exton Park stands out from the crowd. They have just released their Reserve Blend range, a trio of Traditional Method sparkling wines made from a 10-year-old library of reserve wines. Usually even Non-Vintage wines rely on a base vintage, but Exton Park are happy to challenge classic winemaking conventions and do things differently.
English wine? English? Wine?
When the rest of the world thinks about England, they most likely think of red phone boxes, the Queen, cups of tea and rain. They probably don’t think about wine. Oh, we Brits LOVE wine – we guzzle gallons of the stuff, I’m sure you know that. But we actually make it too. We MAKE it! And we make it pretty darn well.
Defined Wine: The UK’s First Contract-Only Winery
Defined Wine was set up in 2018 by Henry Sugden to make wine for other people. Defined owns no vineyards or brands – they purely act as the vessel to bring their clients’ visions to life, with as little or as much involvement as the client desires. The client defines the experience when it comes to making their wine.
Review: The Bottle Store Restaurant at Squerryes Winery
In the summer, on one of the hottest days of the year, I sat by the stream at the Squerryes Winery’s Kent estate and feasted on a picnic, looking out onto the lush vines. It was a pleasure to be invited to return at the weekend, on a misty afternoon, to visit the new Bottle Store restaurant.
An Introduction to Canned Wine: Should you be embracing wine in a can?
Canned wine has only started hitting the UK supermarket shelves in earnest this year, though America has been on this trend since 2016 (Trader Joe’s were even selling wine in cans back in 2009). South Africa, Australia and New Zealand are also embracing the can, so the question is: Is canned wine any good and should you be drinking it?
Sparkling Wine From Italy and Around the World: Your Ultimate Guide (Including Recommendations from 6 Masters of Wine)
Whether it’s sparkling wine from Italy, France, USA, South Africa, it’s official: we love our bubbly. Sparkling wine sales now account for some 10% of all wine sales globally, meaning we are consuming approximately 2.5 billion litres of fizz every year. This figure is only set to increase, as more and more consumers become interested in premium wines. If there are bubbles to pop, we are popping them!
This is your ultimate guide for sparkling wine from Italy and beyond. Strap in - it’s going to be a bubbly ride.