Artelium launches The Mosaics - A new collection
Artelium vineyard
Artelium is delighted to announce the Mosaic collection
Artelium Wine Estate has unveiled Artelium Mosaics, a new collection of English still wines celebrating the art of blending while exploring the growing diversity of grape varieties now being cultivated in the UK.
The collection launches with three wines: The White Mosaic 2023, The Rosé Mosaic 2025 and The Red Mosaic 2024 each taking a different approach to blending and reflecting Artelium’s philosophy of creativity, craftsmanship and considered winemaking.
The Mosaic range explores what can be achieved when varieties with different characteristics are brought together, each contributing an individual element to the finished wine. The concept is a natural fit for Artelium, an estate founded around the meeting point of wine, art and craft. Just as individual pieces come together to form a mosaic, the wines use blending to build layers of flavour, texture and character.
Alongside established varieties including Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Pinot Meunier and Pinot Noir, the collection also introduces Divico and Cabaret Noir, PIWI varieties that Artelium believes could have an increasingly important role to play in the future of English viticulture.
The Mosaic Trio
Artelium winemaker Solly Monyamane (left) and co-founder Mark Collins (right)
Mark Collins, co-founder of Artelium Wine Estate, said:
“PIWIs are particularly exciting in the UK because of the challenges presented by our climate. Their greater natural resistance to fungal disease has the potential to reduce intervention in the vineyard, but for us, their importance goes beyond sustainability. Ultimately, a grape still has to make an exciting wine.” He continues
“The Red Mosaic brings together Pinot Meunier with Cabaret Noir and Divico, using these varieties not simply because of how they perform in the vineyard, but because of what they contribute in the glass. Cabaret Noir brings depth, colour and structure, while Divico adds another dimension to a blend that demonstrates the potential for characterful red wine from the English climate. Mosaic gives us the freedom to experiment with varieties and blends according to the vintage. We don't want to be constrained by a fixed formula, it is about understanding what each grape variety can bring and using blending to create the best and most interesting wine we can.”