“It’s one thing to start a wine industry from nothing in a marginal climate with no culture (and only the most tenuous history) of wine production,” writes Jancis Robinson. “It’s another thing to scale that up to commercial viability. It’s yet another thing to take on the rest of the world in competitions, blind or otherwise. We can all be very proud of how English wines perform on the tasting table, but it is a very different thing to pass the toughest test of all – importers. Yet there we are: English wines on wine-drinkers’ tables in nearly 20 countries.” The rise of English sparkling wine in the U.S. has been on the shoulders of brands like Digby Fine English, which Jancis references and scores highly in this article. Read more here.