Chris Heck - President of Business Operations

[PeterWithe]

I like an English sparkling wine. From England.

I think I remember a Southern farmer telling me that parts of Sussex and the area around Reims are all on the same tectonic plate, which is why we can grow decent grapes for sparkling wine.

[LeeB]

Ha!

[Bad English]

I like an English sparkling wine. From England.

I think I remember a Southern farmer telling me that parts of Sussex and the area around Reims are all on the same tectonic plate, which is why we can grow decent grapes for sparkling wine.

They're on the same tectonic plate as Burgundy but I've yet to taste an English Chassagne-Montrachet or a Vosne-Rosmanée. :-D

[Risso]

If you want to be like that then there's nothing I can do about it but I thing think it is all a bit out of proportion. There have been plenty of people having ding-dongs on here over the years and people end up getting over it and getting on  for the most part.

D-

See me.

[Bad English]

If you want to be like that then there's nothing I can do about it but I thing think it is all a bit out of proportion. There have been plenty of people having ding-dongs on here over the years and people end up getting over it and getting on  for the most part.

D-

See me.

FFS! :-D

[Risso]

I like an English sparkling wine. From England.

I think I remember a Southern farmer telling me that parts of Sussex and the area around Reims are all on the same tectonic plate, which is why we can grow decent grapes for sparkling wine.

They're on the same tectonic plate as Burgundy but I've yet to taste an English Chassagne-Montrachet or a Vosne-Rosmanée. :-D

Me either! Surely it's more to do with soil types and climate than tectonic plates?

[PeterWithe]

It was some time ago but he definately said that the chalkiness of the ground under the soil aided drainage and encouraged good soil health.

[AV82EC]

It’s the same strata of rock that runs from that bit of France under the channel and into the South Downs (I think they put the Channel Tunnel through it). As someone rightly mentioned it’s more soil and weather that then influences the quality. Climate Change has meant that some of the stuff coming out of Kent/Sussex and Hampshire is very very good.

[Bad English]

Well, I hope to try an English sparkling wine one day.

[chrisw1]

Fuck me, only H&V could go from inadequate toilets, shit catering and a bollocks badge to technical grammar, Chassagne-Montrachet and tectonic plates in a few pages.

[Drummond]

I like an English sparkling wine. From England.

If the grapes are grown here, then it is English. Not to be confused with 'British' wine which is, in fact, made from imported grapes (or grape juice/concentrate) and processed here.

There are some great English wines out there,i agree. Though they can be a tad expensive.

[Risso]

Well, I hope to try an English sparkling wine one day.

You should, the top ones are excellent, although as Drummond rightly says, not cheap.

[Chris Harte]

Cava is Spanish
Prosecco is Italian.

NO WAY!

Wait till you hear Champagne is.......French.

So where is Pomagne from...?

[pauliewalnuts]

Cava is Spanish
Prosecco is Italian.

NO WAY!

Wait till you hear Champagne is.......French.

So where is Pomagne from...?

Australia.

[Drummond]

Well, I hope to try an English sparkling wine one day.

You should, the top ones are excellent, although as Drummond rightly says, not cheap.

Gusbourne is very good.