Sparkling Wines

The name ‘Champagne’ by law can only be applied to a strictly delimited area of France. That means that prices are bound to be comparatively high given the lack of competition from the rest of France and more importantly the rest of the world.
Nowadays Sparkling Wines come from most countries as the market for ‘fizz’ grows and customers do recognise that wines with bubbles make drinkers feel better although scientists don’t know why.

Sparkling wines can be made the same way as the Champagne method which creates a secondary fermentation in the bottle and produces the bubbles. Alternatively, the bubbles can be produced by both fermentations taking place before bottling using the cuveé close or tank method. This tends to produce sweeter and more aromatic wines whereas the Champagne method produces the apple flavours and toasty finish.

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CAVA and PROSECCO
There is no doubt about the increased popularity of Cava and Prosecco over the last few years. The astonishing thing is that the increase has been general over nearly all sorts of wine drinkers but
Cava and Prosecco are very different. Cava, produced all over Spain to a national standard, is soft and fruity, yes, but generally has a bit of ‘oomph’ about it and has a dryish finish. In particular, the aftertaste should show some biscuity and toasty overtones. We Brits like it young but the Spaniards prefer it with quite a bit of age.

Prosecco has traditionally been a light off-dry aperitif wine drunk in
Italian bars. It can be made sweet, dry (quite rare) or medium dry. Above all it should be refreshing and fun but well-made as well! There has been renewed interest in Prosecco in the U.K recently and we list the attractively packaged Casa Gheller for your consideration.

As with all wines, the quality of the individual winemaker is vital.

This year we have changed our Reserva Brut and Rosé Cavas to the house of Juve y Camps. The sparkling wines have been made for 90 years by the family-owned business to very high standards and we are very pleased to list them.

For more details contact:

	Sales Director	01924 373328	07801 922478
	Sales Director - Pub Groups	01924 373328	07801 922480
David Robertson	Wine Development Manager	01924 373328	07813 662863
	Wine Key Account Manager	01924 373328	07837 193677
Peter Skuse	Pricing and Sourcing Manager	01924 373328	07801 922461
	Wine Administrator	01924 373328