Jonathan Ray’s Wine Pick: Everflyht Wylde
A brand new addition to England’s wine scene, a sparkling rosé from the excellent single estate that is Everflyht, Ditchling, in the South Downs National Park.
A blend of Chardonnay and Pinots Noir, Meunier and Gris, it’s made by the Charmat or Prosecco method rather than the traditional or Champagne method, but don’t look down your beak at it because you’d have to have a heart of stone or be the snootiest of wine snobs not to be seduced by its cool packaging, it’s sexy pale pink hue and its vibrant, juicy, wild strawberry fruit.
It’s a wine for beach parties, picnics, barbecues and, well, just hanging out, and if a jaded old soak like me - hardly its target market - finds it irresistible, then I imagine you will too. Just £22 a bottle retail, it can be enjoyed on the terrace at Babble on Hove seafront for a very genial £8.50 a glass or £38 a bottle.
The details
Everflyht Wylde (11.5%vol)
£22 per 75cl bottle from everflyht.com
Also available at Butlers Wine Cellar, priced £25
Jonathan Ray is the Brighton-based drinks editor of The Spectator and drinks columnist of The Field and Spear’s.
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