4th January, 2017 by Lucy Shaw
English wine sparkles
Having been patiently bubbling away under the surface for years, we predict 2017 will be the year that English sparkling wine gets the glory it deserves in the UK on-trade, expanding beyond the realm of specialist sites manned by savvy sommeliers and trendy wine bars into more mainstream venues as Brits develop a thirst for homegrown fizz.
No longer a little-known enterprise skeptically dismissed by critics as an eccentricity, English sparkling wine has emerged from its chrysalis into one of the most exciting and promising developments in the wine world. Last May, Ridgeview and Chapel Down were named as the official sparkling wine suppliers to Downing Street, toppling Champagne’s long reign, while this week it was announced that Chapel Down will replace….
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