An Early Christmas Present, Another 8 Awards For Quality

The results were announced this morning for the International Wine Challenge (IWC), tranche 1 - 2018. Our wines have scooped no fewer than eight new awards and we’re absolutely thrilled.

These awards bring our wine range total medals up to 69; these have all been awarded by the most fastidiously judged drinks competitions in the world. It continues to reinforce our philosophy that you can have fantastic quality, highly esteemed wines at affordable, everyday prices.

Having dinner together is what life’s all about.

If you like cooking, have you ever tried cooking with Prosecco? We’ve included a video below showing how to make a Prosecco Risotto. It’s dead simple to make, so, why not give it a go?

To make this dish you need:

3 Shallots

3 Garlic cloves

1 Knob of butter

1.25 cup of Risotto Rice

3 cups of chicken stock

The Nations Favourite Sparkler, Demystified

We all know it’s Italian and we all know how wonderful it is to enjoy a glass of chilled Prosecco, but how much do you know about the history of this most popular of wines? Our wine researchers have collated some interesting facts about the history of Prosecco, so why not indulge in a little light reading along with your glass of bubbly?

So, where did Prosecco originate?

Prosecco sparkling wine may have only been catapulted to stardom in recent years, but this amazing Italian marvel has a history going back many hundreds of years. North Eastern Italy has produced wine for millennia and many of its vineyards were already well established when the area was colonised extensively by the Greeks around about 800 BC.