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Celebrate St. George’s Day With 8 English Sparkling Wines
What is St. George’s Day? St George’s Day is on Thursday, 23rd of April 2020 A day to remember England’s patron saint, St George, we celebrate this day on the anniversary of his death, on the 23rd of April. But who is St George? Not a lot is known about him, but this is what…
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Fox & Fox – Award Winning English Sparkling Wine
This winery has produced some extraordinary sparkling wines, but you don’t have to take my word for it, Fox & Fox have won Gold Medals and even taken home a Trophy 3 years running for 3 different sparkling wines, their wines continue to impress judges at The World’s Finest Glass of Bubbly Awards and people…
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5 things you might not know about English Sparkling Wine
Not all sparkling wine made in England can be called English Sparkling Wine To be called English Sparkling Wine it must be produced using the traditional method and made from grapes grown in England. Charmat method sparkling wine, where the grapes are grown in England, which Fitz Sparkling Wine produce have to be called Sparkling…
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Fox & Fox English Sparkling Wine to Step Up Production
Over the past 15 years boutique Sussex producer, Fox & Fox, has built a solid reputation as a grower-producer of highly-acclaimed varietal sparkling wines, and following a six month business review has recently put in place significant changes designed to deliver substantial capital to fund further development of the company. Going forward, Fox & Fox…
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English Sparkling Wine with Pie & Mash
Coming from East London myself I am very familiar with pie and mash, I have visited many times varied shops selling this quite basic yet globally famous dish. History of Pie & Mash The east end of London was generally seen as the working class and cheaper area of the capital mostly down to the…
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English Sparkling Wines Out Perform Champagne in London
If we think about wines that have bubbles then it is Champagne that comes to mind first for many of us. It owns the title and rightly so, as ‘the King of wines / wine of Kings’ and for years has been the benchmark for many a wine producer in the field of making sparkling…
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An English Sparkling Wine list to admire at Ockenden Manor
As soon as you enter the luxury country spa hotel in Sussex, Ockenden Manor, you will receive that re-assuring warm greeting from the staff, the smell from a roaring log fire burning away in the reception area and you soon start feeling the relaxing ambience soothing your mind and body… You have found a place…
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Beora the First Crowdfunded English Sparkling Wine
Corks pop for the Simpson’s ‘Beora’the first crowdfunded English fizz named by the British public. Naked Wines’ first ever crowdfunded English sparkling wine has been launched in collaboration with Simpsons Wine Estate and the British public Beora is the name chosen by Angel investors for the historic English sparkling wine – they also chose the…
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Fun English Sparkling Wine Facts
England produced almost 6 million bottles of wine in 2017 of which 68% around 4million was sparkling wine. This is predicted to be 40m bottles by 2040. There are around 160 wineries in England & Wales & 502 commercial vineyards. There were 1 million new vines planted in 2017. English sparkling wine dates back to 1662.…
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