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Interviews and News for Champagne
UK Wine Show 173 Champagne Closures with Roger Begault of Duval-Leroy
Champagne house Duval-Leroy is experimenting with a new type of closure to replace the traditional champagne cork. We catch up with Roger Begault to find out more.
Prestige fizz getting pricier
Prices of top Champagnes are shooting up despite the economy heading the other way.
Asda Champagne sales are up
Supermarket chain Asda is reporting an increase in sales of Champagne which they say bucks the overall market trend of decreasing sales.
Champagne exports falling
Champagne shipments worldwide are falling as Champagne enters its most important trading period.
Moët buys champagne house
Moët Hennessy has acquired Montaudon Champagne to add to their portfolio of prestigious brands.
Champagne sales hit Majestic
Majestic Wine has reported a 2.9 per cent fall in like-for-like sale for the ten weeks ending January 5, triggered by a fall in Champagne sales.
France is world's number one but there is trouble in Champagne
France has overtaken Italy as the world's biggest producer but in Champagne yields are to be cut to stabilise prices.
Bubbles hold the flavour of fizz
It's the bubbles that give Champagne its flavour confirming the long-held view that Champagnes with a fine and persistent mousse, or stream of bubbles, are of a higher quality.
Sub £10 Champagne
Lidl cuts the price of Champagne to under £10 a bottle and other supermarkets discount heavily.
Champagne increases yield to meet demand
The permitted yield of grapes for the upcoming harvest in Champagne is to be increased to 12,500 kilogrammes per hectare (kg/ha) to cope with growing demand for Champagne.
Harvest underway early in France
The 2011 harvest has started early in Bordeaux and Champagne.
Decanter hosts panel tasting of grower Champagnes
Decanter magazine's first-ever panel tasting of grower Champagnes concludes that grower champagnes have character, sophistication and are good value for money.
Tesco lightweights champagne bottles to help the environment.
7.2% weight reduction in standard 75cl Champagne bottles sold at Tesco
Quick the French are coming!
Pierson Whitaker Grand Cru Champagne house has partnered with English landowners in Hampshire to produce a sparkling wine called Meonhill.
Sparkling wine from across the world makes a splash in the UK
Sparkling wine sales are outperforming Champagne in the off trade.
Champagne crops hit badly by frost
Early budding vines in Champagne spurred on by a warm March are hit by April frost.
Australia has best growing season in decades while Champagne has one of the worst
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.
Champagne shipments dip thanks to the French
The volume of Champagne shipped in 2012 was 14 million lower than 2011 thanks to a slump in Christmas trade and a decline in Champagne sales in France itself.
A third of drinkers can't tell difference between Prosecco and Champagne
Mintel report shows 36% of sparkling wine consumers say there is little difference between Champagne and Prosecco.
China to protect the Champagne name
China has agreed to protect the name Champagne so that only wines produced in the French region can bear the name.
The Xmas build up begins with discounted Champagne under £10
Christmas deals in the wine aisles begin.
Prosecco sales bubble over as Champagne falls flat
Global sales of Prosecco have overtaken Champagne.
Immigrant workers in Champagne region exploited
Immigrant workers found living in exploitative conditions but there to work the champagne harvest.
Champagne exports set to outstrip domestic sales
Champagne volume and value sales are up driven by exports.
Still 30% of UK wine consumers haven't tried English Wine.
ThirtyFifty customers give their views on English Wines
What links the Forth Bridge and Champagne?
Burgundy, Champagne and Forth Bridge all given World Heritage status
Online retailer of the year delists big name champagnes
Roberson Wines delists major champagne brands
Drappier makes 'extreme' Champagne using single varietal Pinot Gris
Champagne producer Michel Drappier has made the first vintage of Pinot Gris Champagne at his property in the Aube.
What's hot, what's not in the wine world?
Australia, New Zealand and Prosecco grow at the cost of traditional rivals
Bad weather gives Champagne nothing to toast about
Champagne economy majorly affected by weather
Sparkling wine sales continue to climb
Sparkling wine sales grew by 9% in the last year.
Blue wine, now blue fizz, but you’ll have to look fast
Scientist discovers blue cloud of gas escaping Champagne bottle when opened at a warmer temperature.
Bubble size, now they can measure it with a microphone
If Champagne bubble size is important to you, and for some it is, then you will be relieved to know that the bubbles hum as they are formed, telling the listener how big they are.
Buried Champagne from the 1890s tasted for the first time, and the conclusion?
Champagne producer Pol Roger whose cellar collapsed in 1900, burying up to to 1.5 million bottles, has this week opened and tried two of the recently recovered bottles.
Russia forces Champagnes to be re-labelled Sparkling wine in Russia
The recent Russian law has left Champagne companies flat and banned them from using the term Russian word for Champagne, shampanskoye.
Champagne 2021 vintage looks tough
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%.
Champagne approves new hybrid variety Voltis
Hybrid grape variety Voltis has been approved for use in Champagne vineyards.
Champagne finishes early harvest as UK starts
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.
Bad press for Champagne
A bad week for Champagne as grape pickers are rescued from people traffickers and the drink is ranked as overrated.
Interviews and News for England
UK Wine Show 2 Dermot Sugrue Nyetimber
We interview Nyetimber's winemaker, Dermot Sugrue. Dermot is an effervescent character from Ireland producing England's top sparkling wines.
UK Wine Show 3 Owen Elias from Chapel Down
Owen Elias from Chapel Down talks to us about winemaking in the UK and how the industry has changed over the last decade from amateur hobbyist to professional business.
Nyetimber plans leap from boutique to brand
English sparkling wine producer Nyetimber hopes to go from ‘boutique to brand’ now that Stephen Clark has joined the company
English Wine Week gathers interest
English Wine Week, the countrywide campaign to promote English wines and vineyards, kicks off on Saturday 24th May.
English Bacchus served at dinner for Bush
Denbies’ Bacchus 2004 was served at a dinner held for President Bush by the Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street recently.
Still white wine sparkles in UK competition
A still white wine has taken the top prize in this year’s English & Welsh Wine of the Year Competition.
All change at Nyetimber
English sparkling wine producer Nyetimber has appointed a new sales manager Francis Brackley.
UK plants more vines
Vineyard plantings in the UK continue to increase according to the latest DEFRA figures which show there are 1,106 hectares now under vine.
English wine week is 29 May-6 June
English Wine Week kicks off this week from Saturday 29th May to Sunday 6th June with a countrywide campaign to promote English wines.
English wine is getting bigger by the day
Biggest production on record for 2010 UK vintage.
Surprise result as UK wine hits alcohol levels similar to Ozzie Reds
UK vineyard reports red wine with alcohol levels of 15%.
Illegal servings of Prosecco in UK bars
Sparkling wine incorrectly labelled as Prosecco in UK bars
Who had a turkey for Christmas wine sales?
Retailers announce Christmas period wine, beer and spirit sales.
Italy now world's biggest wine producer
Italy becomes Europe's largest producer while England grows at 4.4%
UK mens weekly alcohol limit now one of the lowest
New guidelines bring UK men's weekly alcohol limits in line with women
Hush Heath Estate demand rising post referendum
Hush Heath Estate are reporting a rise in demand due to Brexit.
London Restaurant prices savaged by The Spectator
Food and Wine writer slams London wine business
A new wine competition “The UK Wine Awards”
The UK Wine Awards is a new wine competition focused on the English and Welsh wines.
Taittinger Plants in Kent
Taittinger is the first of the big branded champagne houses to plant grapes in the UK.
English Wine Week 2017 will take place Saturday 27th May - Sunday 4th June 2017
English Wine Week is only 2 weeks away with around 90 events taking place all over the UK.
Champagne house Pommery first to release English Fizz!
Vranken Pommery Monopole launches English Fizz grown and made for them by Hampshire wine producer Hattingley Valley.
GB wine export markets are slowly rising but which markets are top?
Of the 2.6 million bottles of GB wine sold in 2018 8% were exported. but the main export countries might surprise you.
England leaves lockdown on Wednesday, with tighter restrictions
England left lockdown on Wednesday, but tighter restrictions for half the country is no festive cheer.
England is leaving lockdown this Monday 19th July
As England comes out of enforced restrictions next week, the change of rules will mean that pubs and bars will be able to freely operate without any restrictions.
English and Welsh Wine Weeks coming up in June
June is a busy month for wine lovers in the UK, with Welsh Wine Week, London Wine Fair and English Wine Week.
English Wine Week 18 - 26 June
English wine week runs this week from 18th to 26th June 2022. After a spike in sales of English and Welsh wines following the jubilee week, producers are looking forward to this years English wine week.
Chapel Down UK's biggest winery
Chapel Down will be the UK largest winery this year with 2 million bottles from the 2022 harvest.
Spate of English vineyard sales
There has been a spate of English vineyards being sold or up for sale.
UK wine industry thriving
English and Welsh vineyards thrive as plantings and sales grow.
Simpson’s turns up the heat for English still wines
Kent’s Simpson’s Wine Estate is shifting 60% of its grapes into still wine production.
Buckfast hits new high
Buckfast sales hit new high as demand for iconic tonic wine grows