“The NV Brut from Wiston has been a go-to English sparkler for some time now. The bunches are pressed using a traditional Coquard basket press, and this blend comprises mainly the 2014 vintage augmented by reserves from 2009 and 2013. It has a steely, malic bouquet of dew-speckled Granny Smith apples, wet limestone and a touch of petrichor. It is almost like a Blanc de Blancs, reserved yet engaging. The palate is full of tension thanks to the driving acidity, though it is in no way a shrill sparkling wine. It is just sharp, with vivacious green apples intermixed with gooseberry and a touch of grapefruit on the finish. Excellent.” Neal Martin, Vinous July 2020
"A blend of the classic champagne grapes, delivering a highly scented brut with fresh apple and citrus briskness, filled out with a richer seam of clotted cream shortbread." Susy Atkins, Telegraph June 2020
"A cuvée of Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier and Chardonnay made on the South Downs by Irish winemaker, Dermot Sugrue, this is a complex, toasty, savoury fizz with fine bubbles, lots of yeasty, bready autolysis and a bone dry, tapering finish." Tim Atkin MW, TimAtkin.com
"Tremendous zingy acidity proudly cutting through the restrained but soothing, creamy yeastiness. Long, cream and apples finish. Very English style." International Wine Challenge 2017
“Cream, crisp apple and baked toast – loads of flavour here, and seriously good value as a consequence. There’s an almost nutty sort of finish – really very complex and interesting. Very good.” Richard Hemming MW, Purple Pages of JancisRobinson.com
“With the talented Dermot Sugrue at the winemaking helm, West Sussex’s Wiston Estate has surged to the front of the increasingly competitive English fizz pack, this non-vintage blend showcasing a super-dry, incisive, multi-layered house style.” David Williams, The Guardian June 2017
“This scooped the IEWA trophy for best sparkling wine. It’s a fresh fizz with green apples and citrus that’s lively, but with an underlying yeasty richness.” Susy Atkins, The Week May 2019
Used by Her Majesty The Queen in 2015 to launch P&O’s Britannia cruise liner:
“I selected Wiston Estate to launch Britannia thanks to its impeccable quality and for its poise between modernity and tradition. Wiston stands for passion and pride as a technically masterful English sparkling wine producer since 2006 with heritage as a farming estate stretching back to 1743. But the main reason is because its bubbly is irresistibly delicious!” Olly Smith
