Published today: my UK Sparkling Wine Guide 2025
Normally things move slowly in the traditional world of wine. But around the fringes, things can move fast, and that’s
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Sparkling wine
Most Memorable Champagnes of 2024
Though Champagne sales have continued to slide worldwide, Goode and I have done our best to buoy the market this
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UK/English sparkling wine: a major study
UK sparkling wine (almost all of which is from England) is at a very interesting phase. There are now lots
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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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