UK Flashcards
What wine appellations currently exist in the UK?
only English Wine PDO and Welsh Wine PDO
English Regional Wine- registered as a PGI in the EU and UK
Sussex - is a PDO in the UK.
English Wine PDO
Darnibole PDO- Cornwall county
Sussex PDO- East Sussex and West Sussex counties
Sussex PDO
within English Wine PDO, not recognized by EU. Still and sparkling of all colors. one of sunniest / driest areas of England
South Downs Chalk and Greensand (Calcareous Chalk and Marine Sediment)
Bacchus + Champagne grapes
est 2022
Darnibole PDO
within English Wine PDO, in Cornwall county.
still dry white wines from 100% Bacchus.
Soil Type: Devonian Slate marked by sandy-alluvial soils deposited by an old path of the Camel River.
Sussex soils
South Downs Chalk and Greensand (Calcareous Chalk and Marine Sediment)
Darnibole soiils
(in England)
Devonian Slate marked by sandy-alluvial soils deposited by an old path of the Camel River.
England wine producers
Chapel Down - Kent
Gusbourne - Kent
Hattingley- Hampshire
Digby - West Sussex
Camel Valley - Cornwall
Nyetimber - West Sussex
Domaine Evremond (Taittinger) - Kent
South Downs
range of chalk hills in south-eastern England
Kent
east of Sussex, across the English Channel from Calais. White Cliffs of Dover form the coastline of Kent. Warm climate compared to the rest of England. Same chalk limestone soil as Sussex.