Black Chalk: visiting one of the UK’s leading sparkling wineries
Chance delivered both opportunity and killer blows to Black Chalk in quick succession – it was to prove the making
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England
Boom times for English wine: latest figures from WineGB
OK stats geeks, here are the latest figures from WineGB, showing the extent of growth of the UK wine production
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Highlights: two from Digby Fine English
Digby Fine English is tilting at the top. This is a negociant house (although they’ve recently bought the 4 hectare
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Lyme Bay: impressive still wines from this Devon-based producer
Lyme Bay, a winery based in Axeminster, Devon but sourcing grapes from top sites across England, are on a bit
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Highlights: two wines from Penn Croft, a regeneratively farmed vineyard in Hampshire
Website: https://penncroftvineyards.com/pages/sustainability Simon Porter is a farmer, and owner of the Penn Croft winery in Hampshire. He’s been farming regeneratively
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Catching up with Nyetimber, England’s Sparkling Champion
As has been widely chronicled, Nyetimber is the largest, and best known English sparkling wine producer, and their growth and
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Highlights: two top whites from Tillingham, Sussex, England
I’ve written about Tillingham, one of the UK’s most exciting wineries, before on this site. Here are notes on two
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English Chardonnay: a quality revolution
It’s interesting times for English still wines at the moment, and one variety catching the eye is Chardonnay. Sommelier Donald
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Freedom of the Press: an exciting new English winery
Website: https://www.freedomofthepress.co.uk/ Gavin Carver established Freedom of the Press winery in 2020. Initially, it was to be an urban winery
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Highlights: Lyme Bay Winery Pinot Noir 2020 Essex, England
This is an impressive Pinot Noir showing the still wine potential of the Crouch Valley in Essex. It’s sourced from
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