Wines from England

England has risen to prominence in the World of Wine due to its importance in sparkling wine production. With a similar climate to the region of Champagne in northern France, and benefiting from a soil strata that runs under the Channel and surfaces in the South East of England, it will come as no surprise that, with British thirst for all things sparkling, this pocket of Southern England would fast become a mecca for any winemaker who wished to make world class Sparkling Wines.

New vineyards of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir rub shoulders with classic cool climate table wine grapes such as Sylvaner, Richtensteiner, Seyval Blanc and Madeline Angevine. As the world’s climate has warmed, so this has allowed the spread of wine grapes from the South East and South West of England all the way into the north of England, with vineyards now planted in Yorkshire and North Wales.