ROME - In the geography of wine, the niche space occupied by UK productions is growing with English winemakers who this year, for the first time, bring Novello to the market.
An overseas production of beaujolais, therefore.
A different twin that, at the same time as the French nouveau, debuts on the third Thursday of November, therefore on the 19th.
On the nose aromas of "cherry, blackberry, cranberry", but also exotic fruits, for a red wine "not to be taken too seriously", Simon Day, oenologist from Ledbury, tells Afp.
It is a wine "to have fun", in the environmental darkness, the pandemic of the new coronavirus, a "small ray of sunshine" to "end the year".
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, remember that British wine merchants vied to be the first to bring back Beaujolais Nouveau, directly from French producers, traveling "as quickly as possible" in their cars sports, full of cases of wine.
"It was a great event", hence the idea of starting to produce them on their own.
This winemaker is the first to produce Novello in the UK: the entire range, around 2500 bottles, will be sold in a large-scale distribution chain, Waitrose, for around 13 euros.
A much higher value than the same Beaujolais Nouveau that goes on British shelves at a price ranging from five to ten euros.
Great Britain has around 3,500 hectares of vineyards in 2019, an area of vines that has quadrupled since 2000 and increased by 150% in 10 years, according to the Wine GB organization.
The island has 770 winemakers.