I was impressed by this. It’s a limited-production sparkling wine from a vineyard at the headquarters of Laithwaites, one of the UK’s most successful wine merchants, located in Theale, near…
Pictures from the vineyard at Denbies
Took the dogs for a walk around England’s largest vineyard yesterday – Denbies in Dorking, Surrey. The weather was glorious, on the hottest October day since records began. Clearly, you…
A name for English sparkling wine – the Britagne debate
There has recently been some debate about whether or not English sparkling wine needs a name, prompted by the release of Coates & Seely’s new fizz, for which they have…
Breaky Bottom: an impressive English fizz
OK, we all know how good the famous names of English sparkling wine are: the likes of Nyetimber, Ridgeview and Camel Valley. Well here’s another, less well known name, making…
Two pink fizz on an appropriate day
I suppose I’m guilty of not taking pink fizz seriously enough. Well, in light of today’s date, I’ve opened a couple. I’m trying to pretend that I’m being ironic, but…
Nyetimber Sparkling Rose 2007: a new English wine
Very interested to get a chance to drink this new wine. It’s a pink fizz from one of the UK’s top sparkling wine producers, Nyetimber. This is the first Nyetimber…
Some serious English Fizz: Ridgeview Cavendish 2007
This is brilliant stuff. At the Oddbins mixed case price of £16 it’s really good value; it’s certainly worth the regular £20 price. One to serve to those who haven’t…
Hush Heath Estate Balfour Brut – one of the UK’s top wines
Today was our 17th wedding anniversary. Yet as Fiona presented me with an anniversary card, I shuddered. Raw fear. Terror. I’d forgotten, and unlike Basil Fawlty, who pretended to forget…