A TOAST TO BRITISH BUBBLY

摘要

France's champagne makers are facing a serious challenge from a most unlikely rival: the beer-loving British. In a recent blind taste test by Which?magazine, Britain's answer to Consumer Reports, seven English bubblies scored equal or higher to supermarket Tesco's premier cru French champagne. International wine organizations— and even the French―are toasting England's efforts. In March, RidgeView Estate in Sussex, owned by former tech exec Michael Roberts and his wife, Christine, won a silver medal at the august Paris Vinalies Internationales for its Knightsbridge 1999 vintage.