Digby & Gurasu Launch First English Sparkling Wine Glass

Luxury brands Digby Fine English, the sparkling wine producer, and Gurasu London, the crystal glassware producer, have today launched the first glass designed specifically for drinking Fine English sparkling wine. This collaboration to create the ideal English sparkling glass design has been evolving for over two years in the quest for perfection. The Digby English Sparkling Wine GlassTM by Gurasu London (RRP £32.50) will be available nationwide in Harvey Nichols and on the web from Digby and Gurasu from mid October. All three will also sell England’s first luxury Gift Set consisting of a bottle of Digby’s trophy-winning flagship, 2010 Vintage Reserve Brut, and two hand-blown glasses in a beautiful gold-embossed gift box (RRP £100).

Trevor Clough, CEO of Digby, commented: “England has its own unique terroir and style of fine sparkling wine, and this deserves its own vessel to show it off to best effect. Joanna and I wanted our glass to be a new British style icon, with its references to Georgian cut crystal antiques yet its ultra-modern crispness. It was also key for us that our glass is technically perfect to enjoy English fizz, with its complexity and lively personality. So now we have a proper glass for our increasingly world-famous new wine category.”

Joanna Maya, Owner of Gurasu London, added: “My long-time desire has been to create a perfectly beautiful & unique glass for English wine. Hence, collaborating with Digby, the luxury English sparkling wine brand was a no-brainer. We both have common ground and shared values inspired by British heritage, the luxury industry and the pursuit of excellence. The Digby Glass by Gurasu is produced following a tradition of using only the most highly skilled glass-blowers working with a selection of the best raw materials. I strongly believe that The Digby Glass will become a design classic.”