Comments on: English Sparkling or Champagne?!

By: Shoe and Wine Gal

Shoe and Wine Gal — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:26:58 +0000

I am hoping to come to Stanlake Park in the next few weeks to stock up on some great English wines and also take part in the English Wine Week that you are running. Your Brut Superior has left me wanting to try your other wines!
Shoe and Wine Gal.

By: Peter Dart

Peter Dart — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 08:04:05 +0000

As the owners of Stanlake Park we enjoyed reading your comments. Over the Easter period more than 500 people tried to correctly identify the 2 English sparkling wines from Stanlake from the 2 French Champagnes, in a blind tasting, in our ‘CHAMPAGNE CHALLENGE’. (We also included our sparkling Rose, but this was a bit of a give away!). 25 people got it right. Most were very surprised. Some ‘experts’ who came were shocked to find they had chosen the English over the French. Most of all it was great fun. Peter & Annette Dart.

By: Shoe and Wine Gal

Shoe and Wine Gal — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:11:56 +0000

I will have to give your vineyard a visit, I think more should be done to promote the English wine trade!
Shoe and Wine Gal

By: Frazer

Frazer — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:36:51 +0000

Delighted you have discovered the delights of good, well made English wines. There’s a quiet revolution going on and your comments help us all.
My own company make the well reknowned and widely available Chapel Down wines and you can get them both here at the vineyard in Kent where we have a fabulous new restaurant http://www.richarphillipsatchapeldown.co.uk as well as top restaurants in London, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. You can also get a bottle in Waitrose, M&S and Sainsbury too!
Frazer Thompson