Whilst the British wine scene its fast becoming famous for world-class sparkling wine made in the traditional champagne method, there are some boutique producers out there making some serious fizz using the charmat method (used in Prosecco). This is often better suited to slightly more aromatic varietals such as this one: Reichensteiner. This wine has a wonderfully green, stemmy nose, it is playful, with layers of green apple and chalk in the mouth complete with a wonderful purity of fruit. English fizz, with a twist.

Ivan and Charlotte Weightman are exactly the kind of wine producers we are looking for here at Good Pair Days. Small, boutique-y production, family-owned, champions of biodiversity and just good people! The couple met during their time at university and together with their three children, Vigo, Angus and Arabella, have raised Wolstonbury from the ground up. The Weightmans are perhaps unique in the sense that whilst they make awesome English sparkling wines, they focus on the Charmat method (used in Prosecco), instead of the more traditional Champagne Method that most of the English fizz producers have adopted. This approach is perhaps better suited to their more aromatic varieties, Bacchus and Richensteiner. They own a modest five acres of vineyard, which can be found within their 90 acre estate in the South Downs National Park. They have adopted a "live and let live" ethos in the vineyard, pushing for and accepting a great biodiversity of wildlife, flora and fauna. We are delighted to be one of the first outlets for the wines of Wolstonbury and we shall be keeping a keen eye on Ivan and Charlotte's development.