
Digby Blanc de Blancs Brut 2013
Digby’s first Blanc de Blancs is an expressive, racy expression, bursting with precise fruit and delicate honeyed pastry tones.
Digby’s first Blanc de Blancs is an expressive, racy expression, bursting with precise fruit and delicate honeyed pastry tones.
Brand new Ditchling-based wine estate Everflyht launches their first wines for English wine week.
Crisp, taut crunchy apples and zesty flavours, then a lightly peachy weight that leads to a lengthy finish.
Understated and elegant: there’s a bright nose of red apple and citrus zest, with a mineral, struck match note.
A visit to Busi Jacobsohn to meet Douglas and Susanna and taste their distinctive English sparkling wines.
Peach, sweet red apple, orange skin and crisp almond pastry, as well as the fragrance of beautiful Burgundian oak.
The perfect melding of the crunchy, fruit-forward styles and the more complex, savoury styles of Blanc de Noirs.
Distinctive and rich, and it’s a wine that I would have a lot of fun with some meaty food pairings.
John takes a look at the latest Blanc de Noirs 2014 and discusses the new look labels and future developments at the Wiston Estate.
Crisp and bright with vibrant wild strawberries, raspberries and lemon zest.
Riper strawberry and peach flavours, with a light creaminess, suggestions of pomegranate and rhubarb.
Waves of zesty citrus fruit and grassy tones, while the mid-taste brings ripe pears and a hint of tangy tropical fruit.
This is classic Blanc de Blancs territory – baked apple, hints of pear and peach on the nose as well as an indulgent biscuity pastry note.
Brisk, crisp acidity and crunchy orchard fruit flavours, with the zing of tangy pineapple and rounder white peach flavours.
Joyous, fruity and refreshing, with bursts of tangy red berries interspersed with crisp citrus.
Brisk, bold but subtly tempered acidity integrates nicely with rich peachy and apricot flavours.
John takes a look at the transformation of the Henners winery and brand under the ownership of Boutinot.
After a chance meeting over three years ago, John talks to Mark and Julie of Artelium Wine Estate about their journey so far.
Fine-tuned, linear acidity and crunchy green apples lead to riper pear and apricot flavours.
As the country emerges from Lockdown 2.0, Sam looks back at a visit to Tillingham to talk pizza, tourism and boundary-breaking wine.
Crunchy, youthful, tangy cranberry and winter berries with hints of dark chocolate.
Hannah visits Kinsbrook in West Chiltington to discover how they transformed the family farm into a vineyard ‘From the Ground Up’.
A hint of tangy red berries and lots of nutty pastry complexity, leading to a clean mineral finish.
Superbly wholesome and precise, but seasoned with just the right amount of spiced pastry and biscuit to add structure and texture.