(14 Jan 2008) UK SPARKLING WINE
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London – November 2007
1. Man in supermarket picks bottle of champagne off shelf
2. Bottles of champagne on shelf
3. Close up pan from one bottle of champagne to another
Hampshire – August, 2007
4. Champagne maker Didier Pierson picking grapes from his vineyard
5. Close up grapes being cut from vine.
6. Wide shot of vineyard
7. SOUNDBITE (English): Didier Pierson, Sparkling Wine Maker
“Well I was born in the vats like we say in France and since I am very young, I always worked in the wine and in the vineyard and all the family’s in the champagne business also and since twenty years now, I have quite a good experience of vineyards and wine and I think it will be good enough to start in England.”
8. Didier cutting grapes from vines and placing bunches in a bucket
9. Didier emptying bucket of grapes into bin
10. Close up of black Pinot Noir grapes in bin
11. Pan from one bin of Chardonnay grapes to another
12. Didier cutting grapes with soil in foreground
13. SOUNDBITE (English):Didier Pierson, Sparkling Wine Maker
“We’ve done the research on the weather and since the last twenty years the weather is getting warmer and that’s one big important thing for the grapes and the second important thing is the soil. We find in this place its quite chalky like the same soil we have at home and the warm weather and the chalk is good for the Chardonnay and the Pinot Noir, both grapes we are planting.”
London – December 2007
14. Pan down from champagne bottles on shop shelf to sparkling wine bottles.
15. Close pan across bottles of top class award winning English Sparkling Wines.
16. English Master of Wine and Viticulture Consultant Stephen Skelton sitting at desk.
17. SOUNDBITE (English): Stephen Skelton, English Master of Wine and Viticulture Consultant
“I think the comparison between English Sparkling Wine and champagne is very valid because champagne is the great sparkling wine of the world. Every sparkling wine grower wherever they are in the world wants to make something that’s as good, or better, than champagne. Remember Champagne (region) is the nearest continental wine growing region to the UK. Its only 300 miles (482 km) away, you know we do have some chalk sites, our climate is improving and so if you’d like to say are we as good as champagne, the answer is yes. The best wines that we produce in this country are equal to some of the great champagnes.”
Hampshire – August, 2007
18. Tractor pulling trailer with bins of grapes
19. Didier Pierson and his assistant tip out grapes from bin into champagne press
20. Close up grapes falling into inside of champagne press
21. Lid being put on top of champagne press
22. Pan from champagne press to Didier Pierson fixing pipe from press to storage tank
23. Didier starting champagne press – pan to press rotating
London – December 2007
24. SOUNDBITE (English): Stephen Skelton English Master of Wine and Viticulture Consultant
Hampshire – August, 2007
25. Didier Pierson watching juice from grapes dripping out of press
LEAD IN :
Belgian authorities announced recently (Jan 10, 2008) that they have destroyed a shipment of more than 3,000 bottles of California-made sparkling
wine as part of a New Year’s crackdown on illegally labelled Champagne.
In the European Union and in non-EU nations that recognize label of origin rules, Champagne can only come from the region of the same name in northern France.
STORYLINE:
Didier Pierson has been a champagne producer in France for the last twenty years.
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