Nyetimber tries to insure success

Insurance is not generally one of the more exciting aspects of wine but today’s news from insurance brokers Aon is quite intriguing. Regular visitors to this site will know that the single highest-achieving English wine so far has been Nyetimber sparkling wine made in West Sussex, established by an American couple but sold twice in recent years.

The new owner Eric Hereema has decided he wants to increase annual production from 70,000 to 500,000 bottles in six years, “thus needing to protect its key asset – the grape – throughout its lifecycle and until the wine arrives safely with its...