*English Fizz at Hampton Court Klaxon*

Last week, Ali and a group of media braved the increasingly thundery looking skies to head to RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden festival where ewpr client, Sussex’s Roebuck Estates, was the official sparkling sponsor - a first for English fizz!

Four generations have guided Minuty on its journey to becoming a recognised and respected 9 million bottle per annum producer of premium Provence wines, explained event host François Matton.

Emma accompanied a hand-picked posse of Press to Moulin-à-Vent in Beaujolais to celebrate the appellation’s 100th Anniversary.

Is how Rodolphe Frèrejean-Taittinger described the making of French Bloom La Cuvée - the world’s first vintage sparkling alcohol-free wine, on sale in Harrods at £109.

“That layer of biodiversity that we have is the ultimate way to express terroir,” explained Château Galoupet’s Estate Director Mathieu Meyer at a tasting of the new, certified organic Cru Classé 23 vintage wine.

They came with open minds, and left with opened eyes… can Prosecco age? The answer, when it comes to Bottega Prosecco dei Poeti is an unequivocal yes, according to our expert panel of Press.

The ewpr elves have been sewpr busy in Sewpr Santa’s workshop.

Wishing you all a sparkly and very happy Christmas!

Emma, Ali, Eirini & Celeste x

“In Spanish, ‘tara’ means ‘something that’s difficult to make,” explained Ventisquero Wine Estates’ Felipe Tosso, who is one half of Tara’s winemaking team, at our recent Tara Influencer tasting.

“The revolution that you’ve caused in hospitality is fantastic. When you go out to eat and you can choose between glasses without shelling out for a whole bottle… bless you, thank you.” Jancis Robinson, 31.10.23

They came down from the desert to a wine with no name… Ventisquero Wine Estates lays claim to both Chile’s most northerly vineyards in the Atacama Desert, and what it believes are now the world’s most southerly vineyards in Patagonia’s Chile Chico.

A Garden Soirée to Remember! Laithwaite's marked the launch of 'The Kew Series by Laithwaites' at the Royal Botanic Gardens – a red, white and sparling wine made from ‘forgotten’ native varietals.

While Emma was in Alsace, Ali was also in France with a group of journalists - this time in the deep south, Provence, visiting two leading - and very different - producers of rosé.

They came from all over - such is the pulling power of the Alsace region.

We’ve just had the great pleasure of working with our Rioja client, Ramón Bilbao, on the inaugural year of their global Spanish Wine Master competition.

It was a sweet music Monday at ewpr HQ this week as the dynamic duo that is Anne Krebiehl MW and Rebecca Gibb MW took to the Zoom stage for Alsace Rocks, New Zealand Rolls!

Ondine de La Feld and Cellarmaster Paolo Novelli, from Marche’s Tenuta di Tavignano, gave guests a veritable Masterclass on the impressive ageability of Verdicchio via a six vintage vertical of the estate’s widely awarded ‘Misco Riserva’ wine: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019.

As the inventor of not just several medical devices that literally help save lives, but also the revolutionary Coravin wine preservation system, Greg Lambrecht is telling the truth!

Guests drilled down and got geeky with Susana Balbo’s Viticulturalist and General Manager Edy del Pópolo.

What is complexity in wine? What takes a grape from workhorse to showhorse?

“We wanted to unleash and protect the magic of this place, the magic of the Andes, the magic of the top of the mountains.”