Published: 08 October, 2024
Lea & Sandeman has expanded its 30-producer sparkling wine portfolio with the addition of Hampshire-based Black Chalk. The Test Valley winery becomes the independent wine merchant and wholesaler’s main on-trade partner for English wines.
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Twelve prominent wine estates in Sussex have joined forces to establish a new wine trail, set to launch ahead of English Wine Week from 15-23 June.
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With rumblings of oversupply in the market and the UK’s biggest-ever crush in 2023, Jo Gilbert asks, could the bubble be about to burst for English wine?
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Published: 19 January, 2024
The government’s decision to allow the use of imperial measures to sell wine has been met with a lukewarm reaction, finds James Bayley.
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Published: 22 September, 2023
Jo Gilbert takes a deep dive into Deep Planet – the revolutionary diagnostics tool that works with the European Space Agency to offer vineyard management advice.
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Coinciding with English Wine Week, Vagabond, the award-winning urban winery has opened its second outlet at Gatwick Airport, South Downs – an English wine bar in the heart of the South Terminal departure lounge.
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Published: 06 March, 2023
A double dose of decision-making is this month’s focus as Andrew Catchpole join’s Rathfinny for 2019 Blanc de Blancs and Blanc de Noir dosage trials
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Published: 25 January, 2021
Sussex-based producer Rathfinny has appointed Liberty Wines as its sole agent in the UK and Ireland.
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Published: 10 November, 2020
As the 2020 vintage came in, Rathfinny owner Mark Driver spoke with Andrew Catchpole about the challenges of flexing the business in a remarkable year
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Published: 30 September, 2020
Rathfinny Wine Estate has reopened its Reserved programme, marking the second year for the initiative which was launched last year.
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English wine estate Rathfinny marked its 10th anniversary with the launch of its inaugural 2016 Classic Cuvée on Monday, “completing” its line up of Sussex sparkling wines.
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Published: 20 November, 2019
Rathfinny has launched its first ever en primeur campaign via its Classic Cuvée, which is being positioned as a more accessible entry point to the Sussex estate’s premium range.
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Published: 05 November, 2019
Rathfinny Wine Estate has announced a 19% increase in 2019 yield compared to last year’s harvest.
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As the founder of Plumpton College’s wine division prepares to depart for pastures new, Jo Gilbert finds out what the future holds for this rapidly evolving institution.
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Published: 16 August, 2018
Strollers on the Sussex South Downs last weekend may have witnessed a peloton of 22 intrepid wine trade riders whizzing by on a 116 km ride to raise money for The Benevolent.
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Rathfinny Wine Estates has appointed Jebsen Fine Wines as its exclusive distributor in Hong Kong.
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Bolney and Rathfinny have pledged their support for this year’s cycling challenge in aid of The Benevolent.
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Jo Gilbert looks at what the future may hold for English sparkling wines at home and abroad
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