England Flashcards
What/where are the North Downs?
a chain of chalk hills that run from the iconic White Cliffs of Dover on the channel coast, through Kent and central Surrey and on into Hampshire to the west
What is Bacchus a crossing of? What’s it like?
A Riesling-Sylvaner cross x Muller-Thurgau
Reminiscent of Sauvignon Blanc
England’s major wine growing areas lie between what parallels?
50ºN to 52ºN
What/where was England’s first commercial winery?
Hambledon, est. 1951 in Hampshire
What is Ortega a crossing of?
Siegerrebe x Muller-Thurgau
Pommery has joined a partnership with what English winery?
Hattingley Valley
What was the first English wine released by a Champagne House?
Louis Pommery England, a partnership between Vranken-Pommery Monopole and Hattingley Valley.
Initially sourced from growers in Essex, Sussex and Kent.
They planted their Pinglestone Vineyard in Hampshire with 1st harvest in 2021 and first bottles expected in 2024.
What PDO’s are EU-recognized for English wine?
England Wine PDO
Welsh Wine PDO
What was England’s 1 post-Brexit PDO?
Sussex PDO - as of yet, not recognized by the EU
Sussex PDO’s climate?
Maritime: cool with “high” sunshine as far as the Brits are concerned… 1750 sunshine hours
Sussex PDO leading producers
Nyetimber, Rathfinney Estate, Bolney Wine Estate, Artelium
What county hosts the largest concentration of plantings in England?
Sussex with about 700ha
What is the Weald?
ENGLAND
* Sussex, S. Kent - diamond shaped area between North & South Downs
* flat area; eroded chalk topsoil to expose layers of greensand and/or clay
Possible PDO, in consideration
What is the name of Taittinger’s English project? Where is it?
Domaine Evremond
Located in Kent
Greensand
Calcareous chalk and marine sediment; surfaces where chalk has eroded.. is the next layer down
* key soil type in Sussex
