English sparkling wine Archives

Margaret Rand's series profiling the best of English wine reaches the country's most famous sparkling wine address in West Sussex.

By Margaret Rand

Chardonnay was the standout in a tasting that pointed to a promising future for sparkling wine production in Northern Europe.

By Essi Avellan MW

An exciting and evolving fine sparkling-wine portfolio has taken its place alongside arable farming in Dorset.

By Margaret Rand

A Hampshire sparkling wine producer with a "New World" attitude.

By Margaret Rand

A new English sparkling producer is thriving at higher altitude.

By Margaret Rand

Margaret Rand meets the couple behind a fast-evolving Arundel-based sparkling wine producer.

By Margaret Rand

A new pair of English sparkling wines are expressions of the country's chalky south.

By Anne Krebiehl MW

The story behind the Goring family's stylish West Sussex sparkling wines.

By Margaret Rand