Balfour Brut Rosé is one of the most exclusive sparkling English wines currently available, and is on the wine list at glamorous London eateries such as The Ivy, Le Caprice and J Sheekey. Producer Richard Balfour-Lynn said that he was influenced by the success of New Zealand's Cloudy Bay and wanted to specialise, to make a fun sparkling wine that's young, fresh and ivory pink.
Fortunately for us Tesco now stocks this award winning sparkling rosé (and are currently offering free delivery with no minimum spend!).
View prices for Balfour Brut Rosé at Tesco.com.
Why English wine? For many reasons, English and Welsh wine is currently enjoying a renaissance. There are approximately 400 vineyards in the UK and many are producing growing numbers of great wines. If you're concerned about food miles, why not go one step further and take into consideration "wine miles" when you're shopping, after all with award winning english wines in the shops, it's not really a hardship!
NOT British! Wines labelled as being "British wine" tend to be cheaper than "English" or "Welsh" wines, though don't be fooled into thinking you are getting a bargain. English or Welsh wine is grown and produced in England or Wales, whereas British wine is fermented and bottled in the UK from imported (and normally concentrated) grape juice.