Russian River Valley, Sonoma, California (8) Iron Horse
Website: https://www.ironhorsevineyards.com/ Joy Sterling is making some of the USA’s best sparkling wines at Iron Horse, a winery founded by
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Ed Carr and House of Arras, exciting sparkling wines from Tasmania
Website: https://houseofarras.com.au/ The sparkling wine conversation has been dominated by Champagne for so long, but now this is changing. Other
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Highlights: Jansz Tasmania Premium Cuvée NV
I remember when I first started out in wine buying quite a bit of Aussie fizz – Seppelts Great Western
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Highlights: Parés Baltà Blanca Cusine Cava Gran Reserva 2012
I’m a big fan of the Cavas from Parés Baltà who I visited last year (my report is here). Tried
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Highlights: Langham Pinot Noir 2019 Dorset, England
I’ve written about English sparkling (and occasional still) wine producer Langham before on this site. They are among the very
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Highlights: Roebuck Rosé de Noirs 2018 Sussex, England
I’m a big fan of English fizz house Roebuck, whose wines I’ve reviewed here before a few times (here, here
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Highlights: Raimes Blanc de Blancs 2018 Hampshire, England
Website: https://raimes.co.uk/ Raimes Blanc de Blancs 2018 Hampshire, England12% alcohol. 100% Chardonnay from the South Downs, made at Hattingley. 46
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Leonardslee, a new sparkling wine producer from Sussex, England
Website: https://leonardsleefamilyvineyards.com/leonardslee-wine-estate Leonardslee is the project of Penny Streeter and her family. It’s a Sussex estate that she acquired in
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Highlights: Weyborne, a new-ish English sparkling wine producer tilting at the top
Owner Nick Clarke to purchased the historic Blackdown Park estate in 2010 (near Haslemere, Surrey), and has planted 25 acres
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In Niagara (10) York Vineyards, an exciting new sparkling wine specialist
It’s often said that if you want to make traditional-method sparkling wine well, you have to specialise in it. And
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