The South African MCC house's first English sparkling wine: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier from Hampshire and West Sussex vineyards, released under the Artisan Collection in limited quantities. The 2018 vintage launched in South Africa in September 2026 at R1,200 per bottle, with a UK rollout to follow.

A Cape sparkling icon crossing the equator to make English fizz flips the New World/Old World narrative — terroir is becoming a production choice, not a birthright.

Tagged Geography for a hemisphere-crossing first — a South African house producing its first English sparkling wine, making origin itself the innovation.