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Nyetimber teams up with Cowdray Park Polo Club

Published: 18 June, 2019

Nyetimber has been named as the first ever English sparkling wine partner to Cowdray Park Polo Club.

Exton Park unveils expansion plans

Published: 18 June, 2019

Exton Park has unveiled ambitious expansion plans including the construction of a 'temple of wine’, Harpers has learned.

Plumpton reveals Dr Greg Dunn to take over when Chris Foss retires

Published: 07 June, 2019

Plumpton College has announced that Dr Greg Dunn, currently programme manager for its MSc in Viticulture & Oenologye, will take over as curriculum manager for the wine division when Chris Foss retires later this month.

Denbies releases traditional method sparkling Bacchus wine

Published: 06 June, 2019

Denbies Wine Estate has released a sparkling Bacchus made using the traditional method, which it claims to be the first of its kind to be produced in this way in the UK.

Bacchus symposium de-codes potential of English wine’s “flag bearer”

Published: 30 May, 2019

Experimentation is the key to unlocking the potential of Bacchus, which is fast becoming a “flag bearer” for English wine, industry experts have said.

Nyetimber gears up for summer with campaign

Published: 30 May, 2019

Nyetimber has launched a new marketing campaign designed to communicate the “authenticity, elegance and grace” of the sparkling English wine brand across the summer.

Chapel Down reports strong sales growth

Published: 30 May, 2019

Chapel Down has announced a 10% increase in total annual sales to £13 million boosted by a record-breaking harvest.

Wine GB data highlights UK as one of the world’s fastest-growing regions

Published: 28 May, 2019

Wine of Great Britain (Wine GB) has confirmed around three million vines have been planted so far this year - equating to an additional 690 hectares of vineyards and a 24% increase in the overall land now under vine.

Chapel Down launches its first sparkling Bacchus

Published: 21 May, 2019

Chapel Down has released its first sparkling Bacchus version.

Furleigh Estate reveals new “super premium” range

Published: 17 May, 2019

Furleigh Estate will release a new range of super-premium sparkling wines to coincide with English Wine Week, which takes place between Saturday 25 May and Sunday 2 June.

Royal support for Ridgeview expansion

Published: 17 May, 2019

Ridgeview CEO Tamara Roberts and her team welcomed HRH Duchess of Cornwall yesterday for a tour of the estate as part of a Royal visit to cultural and gastronomic hot spots in East Sussex.

England triumphs in IWC

Published: 10 May, 2019

England’s winemakers scooped 11 Gold, 50 Silver and 60 Bronze medals in the International Wine Challenge (IWC), placing it ninth in the medals table. Ten of England’s 11 Gold medals were awarded to sparkling wines.

Waitrose adds first English ‘orange’ wine to menu

Published: 03 May, 2019

Waitrose has expanded its English wine menu with seven new offerings, including its first homegrown ‘orange’ wine.

LWF fees came from “aggrieved” exhibitors

Published: 02 May, 2019

The London Wine Fair’s boss has come out in defence of the decision to charge certain visitors to this year’s show, saying the decision came from consultations with “several long-standing exhibitors, who were aggrieved that competitive businesses were not taking a stand yet attending the show en masse with a view to trading”.

Albourne Estate bottles excess grapes for new frizzante

Published: 29 April, 2019

A Sussex estate has chosen to bottle its leftover grapes as an Italian-style fizz after last year’s super harvest meant producers were left with grapes still hanging on the vine.

Chapel Down creates England’s largest estate in Kent

Published: 29 April, 2019

Chapel Down has commenced planting at its 388 acre Boarley Farm site. Together with its Kit’s Coty and Boxley sites, Chapel Down will have a 620 acre estate of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier plantings to produce sparkling wine.

Sustainability accreditation in the works for UK wine

Published: 26 April, 2019

A new sustainability and climate change mitigation scheme for the UK wine industry could be complete by the end of the year.

Simpsons Wine Estate to showcase bumper 2018 harvest at LWF

Published: 11 April, 2019

Kent producer Simpsons Wine Estate is gearing up to unveil a number of new releases at next month's London Wine Fair (LWF).

Gusbourne to grow its West Sussex vines in 2020

Published: 10 April, 2019

Gusbourne Estate is planning on increasing its acreage in West Sussex with vines to be planted across 57 acres.

Plumpton climate change research could help boost English vine productivity

Published: 05 April, 2019

Soon to be released research carried out in Sussex could help unlock the secret of yields – and discover why they fluctuate so wildly from year to year in the UK.