Wine Styles

Sparkling wines

'Sparkling wine is usually white or rose but there are many examples of red sparkling wines such as Italian Brachetto and Australian sparrkling Shiraz. The sweetness of sparkling wine can range from very dry "brut" styles to sweeter "doux" varieties.'

            Affectionately called Bubbly, England and Wales produce a range of excellent sparkling wines at different prices. The highest quality ones are made in the traditional Champagne method which is referred to in England & Wales as Methode Traditionelle. 

 Rose'

'In France, rose' has now exceeded white wines in sales. In the United States a recoud 2005 California crop has resulted in an increased production and proliferation of varietals used for rose's, as winemakers chose to make rose' rather than leave their reds unsold.'

Brandy

'Brandy has more pleasant aromas and flavours at a lower temperature, e.g., 16 celcius. In most homes, this would imply that brandy should be cooled rather than heated for maximum enjoyment'.

       

The word brandy comes from the Dutch word brandwijn meaning burnt wine. It was originally a way of preserving wine for long sea journeys. Brandy is a spirit produced by distilling wine, the wine having first been produced by fermenting grapes. Brandy generally contains 35%-60% alcohol by volume and is typically taken as an after-dinner drink. While some brandies are aged in wooden casks, most are coloured with caramel colouring to imitate the effect of such ageing.

Understanding The Label

All but UK Table Wine have to go through a testing and tasting procedure before they can be labelled. There are four different categories of still English Wine. You can identify which one of the categories a wine belongs to by reading the label on the bottle.

English Vineyards Quality Wine - made from one of the approved varieties and has passed the Quality Wine Scheme. Roughly a third of wine is classified as Quality Wine.

English Counties Regional Wine - essentially a table wine (like the French Vin de Pays), but has passed the Regional Wine Scheme and does bot have to bear the 'Table Wine' label.

English Table Wine - made from one of the approved varieties but is not a Regional Wine or a Quality Wine.

UK Table Wine - made from UK grown grapes where the grape variety used is bot an approved one.

Environment Issues

The most widely definition of Organic wine is wine made from grapes grown in accordance wine principles of organic farming, which typically excludes the use of artificial chemical fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides and herbicides.

Organic wine is generally consumed for its perceived health benefits and reduced environmental impact. The consumption of organic wine grew at a rate of almost 4 percent over the year ending September 2009, out-pacing growth in the consumption of non-organic wine which grew 2% during a similar period. An estimated 1500-2000 organic wine producers globally, including negociant labels, with more than 885 of these organic domains in France alone. The legal definition of Organic Wine is a complex issue and varies from country to country. The primary difference in the way that organic wine is defined relates to the use (or non use) of preservatives during the wine-making process.

The art of Wine

Winemaking

"Winemaking or vinification is the production of wine, starting with selection 

of the grapes or other produce and ending with bottling the finished wine".

In England and Wales, the viticultural year starts in April, flowering usually takes place in June and in July the young grapes begin to swell and grow and the grape bunches begin to develop. August is generally the warmest month and this is when the early grape varieties begin to ripen. the bulk of the harvest takes place in October. The quality of the grapes is absolutely key, as they are the deciding factor on the final product. The process of making wine comprises a series of simple operations. The first is crushing, where the essential sugars react with yeast. There are other steps in the process, but the order in which they occur depends on the type of wine being made.

The UK Wine Story

Traditionally seen as struggling with an unhelpfully cold climate, the English and Welsh wine industry has been helped by the warmer British summers over recent years and it is speculated that climate change may encourage major growth in the future. The UK is a major consumer, but only a very minor producer of wine, with English and Welsh wine sales combined accounting for just 1% of the domestic market. 

In recent years, English sparkling wine has started to emerge as the UK wine style receiving the most attention. Theale Vineyard Sparkling Chardonnay 2003 beat off stiff competition from fine Champagnes and top sparkling wines to make it into the world's Top Ten Sparkling Wine at the world's only dedicated sparkling wine competition, French-based Effervescents du Monde (sparkling wines of the world) 2007.

Then, this research will be focus on 3 main wineries in the United Kingdom. There are Three Choirs at Newent, Cahpel Down at Kent, Denbies Wine Estate at Surrey. 

Draft Research Proposal

Hi, Everybody

At present, wine tourism is one kind of special interest tourism. Wine tourism also has to deal with wine industry. That is mean wine industry can be wine tourism because of winery. If winery likely to test or know how the wine process is they will be visit vineyard or winemaker. It also means wine industry can be the phenomenal attraction for a lot of tourists. Worldwide, there are plenty of places famous for their wine industries such as France, South Africa, Australia and also England. The main focus of this research is to present and investigate wine industry in United Kingdom, especially in Chapel Down wine industry. Another aim is to find out how marketing strategies employed by Chapel Down are sustained and their effects on customer behaviour. The influence of internal and external factors impact on the marketing will also be studied. Lastly, the goal is to examine how to make Chapel Down wine industry recognised worldwide.

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