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Spanish wine producer Torres has decided to differentiate their new sparkling wine by not including the Cava name on it. It is produced in the Penedes DO but won't be part of the Penedes DO either. This gives Torres much more flexibility in their winemaking. In particular there is potential to make wine from grapes in the high altitude region of Tremp which would not be allowed under Cava specifications.
This week we feature Tony Jordon the CEO of Green Point Australia on the recent release of their entire sparkling range under crown seal.
Pieter Ferreira, winemaker at Graham Beck, tastes three wines with us and explains how they are made. Find out why he makes sparkling wines in barrels and how he prefers his barrels burnt on the inside to a medium toast!
Anna Lopez Lidon is the export manager at Gramona, a Cava producer in Penedes, Spain. We discuss how Cava is produced, the dosage and the debate over international vs local grape varieties.
Josep Baujan is technical director of Freixenet, the world-leading Cava and sparkling wine producer. In the second part of our interview we talk to Josep about yeast selection in Cava.
Mike Roberts of Ridgeview Estate talks to us about his ambitions to create an accreditation for top quality English sparkling wine.
The name Montana is to be replaced with Brancott Estate and a new wine style is to be trialled in 2011.
British Airways first airline to offer an English sparkling wine to its airline customers
Russia's first sparkling wine Abrau-Durso has arrived in the UK to be test-marketed via distributor Berkmann Wine Cellars.
Camel Valley Pinot Rose awarded the International Sparkling Rose Trophy.
New Sussex vineyard aims to produce 1 million bottles of sparkling wine a year.
Sparkling wine sales are outperforming Champagne in the off trade.
Guala launches sparkling wine screw cap closure to keep your fizz fizzier longer.
Australia is set to benefit from the best growing conditions in the past twenty years but Champagne has seen the worst growing season in decades.
Lord Ashcroft Controversial former Conservative Party deputy chairman is to invest in UK vineyard.
Office of National Statistics deems white rum to be in an average shopping basket but Champagne is no longer
French scientist finds formula to work out number of bubbles in Champagne
3 tier quality structure introduced to Austrian Sparkling wines
New single source vineyard guarantee for Cava will be introduced in the sprng.
Champagne producer Michel Drappier has made the first vintage of Pinot Gris Champagne at his property in the Aube.
Scientist discovers blue cloud of gas escaping Champagne bottle when opened at a warmer temperature.
Vranken Pommery Monopole launches English Fizz grown and made for them by Hampshire wine producer Hattingley Valley.
Germany's Verband Deutscher Prädikats (VDP) producers launch a new sparkling wine classification.
For some time, Coravin has been a leading method of tasting still wines from the same bottle over a period of months. Now they have launched their new sparkling wine system.
The recent Russian law has left Champagne companies flat and banned them from using the term Russian word for Champagne, shampanskoye.
The weather in 2021 has simply not played ball with French producers. The Champagne region was hit badly by frost, hail and persistent mildew as well as spring rain which has resulted in yields expected to be down by 45%.
The Queen has launched a sparkling wine in celebration of her platinum Jubilee, the sparkling wine is made from grapes sourced from Kent and West Sussex.
Chapel Down hopes to add some fizz to the English Cricket team.
UK government wants to allow plastic bottles for sparkling wines as part of the Brexit boost
Just as Champagne's last grapes have been picked, the UK is gearing up for its harvest, with picking times getting earlier in the season for all producers.
A bad week for Champagne as grape pickers are rescued from people traffickers and the drink is ranked as overrated.
Rebellious Corpinnat producers have been setting up their own DO with the Penedès DO.
New premium Cava classification officially launched.
Rebellious Corpinnat producers have been setting up their own DO with the Penedès DO.