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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Sparkling wine
Paragon and Inversion: two stunning prestige cuvées from English sparkling wine produced Black Chalk
These two prestige cuvées from Black Chalk have both spent 26 months on lees, which is relatively short for such
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Highlights: Roebuck Estates Classic Cuvée 2018 England
In recent years, Roebuck Estates has emerged as one of the best English sparkling wine producers. They have four vineyards across
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Highlights: Exton Park Blanc de Noirs 2014 England
Website: https://extonparkvineyard.com/ Exton Park Blanc de Noirs 2014 Hampshire, England11.5% alcohol. Pinot Noir, 7 years on lees, disgorged in 2022.
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Highlights: the white and rosé Nyetimber 1086 wines, icon-level English sparkling wines
Nyetimber’s presige cuvées are named 1086, referencing the date of the Nyetimber manor’s inclusion in the Doomsday book. They are
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Highlights: Westwell Pinot Meunier Multi Vintage, England
This is an interesting project. It’s a traditional method sparkling wine made with no additions at all. This comes from
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Austrian Sparkling Wine: a masterclass
This session was presented by Sasha Speicher at the Arlberg Weinberg 2023 in Lech, Austria. Sasha is an excellent presenter
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Highlights: Hattingley Blanc de Blancs 2015 England
This is superb. The new Blanc de Blancs from Hattingley Valley. Hattingley Blanc de Blancs 2015 Hampshire, England12% alcohol. This
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Exploring Bourgogne (2) Cave de Bailly-Lapierre, specialists in Crémant
Cave de Bailly-LapierreHameau de Bailly – 89530 Saint-Bris-Le-VineuxTel. +33 (0)3 86 53 77 77www.bailly-lapierre.fr Located just above on the Yonne
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Anderson Valley, California (5) Roederer Estate
In 1982, Jean-Claude Rouzeau – the CEO of Champagne Roederer – was sent to look at the wild west of
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