Celebrated Max's 14th birthday last night with a trip to see the new Indiana Jones movie (huge fun but flawed, with astonishing holes in the plot) followed by pizza (Ask, competant, but not as good as La Porchetta, of which more at a later date) and then Champagne and chocolate cake at home. Well, not Champagne precisely, but Ridgeview, an exceptional, award winning English sparkling wine, which I developed a taste for when I wrote about English wines a while back. Like most English sparklers, its light, effervescent, dry but full of floral flavours, and the perfect summer celebration drink. It's served at many official Government dinners. The majority of people would be hard pressed to distinguish it from Champagne - it's made from classic Champagne grapes like chardonnay and pinot noir and pinot meunier, grown on chalk and clay on the Sussex Downs. While offering the deepest respect to Champagne, we should still support this wonderful, British product, low in food miles and made with love and care by a family business. Find it here http://www.ridgeview.co.uk/ at around £20 a bottle.