The Directories
References on over 400 Champagne and English Sparkling Wine producers, plus a guide to affordable bubbles.
Paid subscribers to Six Atmospheres get a handy references on Champagne, English Sparkling Wine and affordable bubbles - just load these up to quickly look up producers, find my most recent thoughts (based on quite a few thousand wines tasted per year), find the stars in a producers offering or look for good value.
The Directory - Champagne (A-C) [FREE to read]
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(*) - my favourites - quality, consistency, character Producers are listed by surname. Organic (O), Biodynamic (BIOD), certified VDC and/or HVE. ‘V’ are ones that are working to high viticultural standard, but not accredited. Last update - March 2024
The Directory - English Sparkling Wine
Hundred Hills, Oxfordshire I’ve tasted many hundreds of English sparkling wines over the last two years, with two reports available at timatkin.com. Here’s a paragraph (or more) on each producer I’ve encountered - these aren’t producer profiles or notes on individual wines, but quick opinions on producers as a whole based on recent tastings and visits.
The Directory - House Bubbles
A lot of affordable sparkling wine is unfortunately pretty bad: conjured-up brands selling odds-and-ends wines under the banner of ‘Champagne’, false-economy fizzes dressed up to look like Premium bubbles from elsewhere…it’s a tough space. The producers I’ve selected below set their stalls by producing good wines that aren’t - or at least aren’t