English fizz “chalked up” a milestone victory over its “rivals across the Channel” earlier this month when a bottle of Nyetimber’s Blanc de Blancs became the first sparkling wine from outside Champagne to scoop a prestigious prize at the International Wine Challenge ceremony, said The Telegraph .

In a historic first, the producer, based across Sussex, Hampshire and Kent, took home the Champion Sparkling Wine Daniel Thibault Trophy for its Blanc de Blancs 2016 magnum. Judges described it as a “time capsule of a wine”, said London ’s The Standard , bursting with “mouth-watering acidity, citrus zest and camomile”.

The brand is a “favourite of the royal family” and its winning entry is the product of a warm growing season in 2016, which, added to its five years on the lees, has created

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