Susie Barrie MW, Simon Field MW and Rebecca Palmer tasted 85 wines, with 8 Outstanding and 42 Highly recommended
Vintage English sparkling wine: Panel tasting scores
85 wines tasted
Exceptional 0
Outstanding 8
Highly recommended 42
Recommended 29
Commended 6
Entry criteria: producers and UK agents were invited to submit their current-release traditional-method sparkling wines (brut and drier styles only) produced in the United Kingdom using grapes sourced from a single vintage and labelled as vintage from the last 10 years (2014 and beyond)
Scroll down to see the top-scoring wines from the Vintage English sparkling wine panel tasting
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Vintage English sparkling panel tasting results
Wines were tasted blind
{}
{"wineId":"98839","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"98840","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"98842","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"98843","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"98844","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"98845","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"98846","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"98847","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"98848","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"98849","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"98850","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"98851","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"98852","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"98853","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"98854","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"98855","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"98856","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"98857","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"98858","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"98859","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"98860","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"98861","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"98862","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"98863","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"98864","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"98865","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"98866","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"98867","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"98868","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{}
The judges
Susie Barrie MW is an awarded writer and broadcaster. As well as being a co-chair of the WineGB Awards, she is co-host of the acclaimed
Wine Blast podcast and her book titles include The Essential Guide to English Wine (IWFS, 2018)
Simon Field MW was formerly a buyer for merchant Berry Bros & Rudd and now writes on areas that particularly interest him, including
Bordeaux, Champagne, the Rhône, Spain, the Loire valley and fortified and English wines
Rebecca Palmer is associate director and head of merchant buying for Corney & Barrow, covering most world regions, as well as managing key projects such as sustainability. A longstanding DWWA Senior Judge, in 2025 she judged on the UK and Asia panels
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