CONTENTS

Hello from Oz

EXCITING TIMES

How it used to be

The Nyetimber Effect

Climate: is it almost perfect now?

Location is key

Planting like mad: Britain’s vine explosion

A question of style: sparkling or still?

Grape varieties: a race to the top?

BRITISH BUBBLES

What is needed to make good fizz

Champagne, the original fizz

Bubbles – how they’re created

A TOUR OF THE REGIONS

South-East

Wessex

South-West

Thames Valley and the Chilterns

East Anglia

Midlands and the North

London

Wales

Resources

Index

Acknowledgements