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How To Make A Sparkling Sangria

How To Make A Sparkling Sangria

By Oliver Walkey / 20th January 2020

The traditional way to make a Sangria is with Red Wine, fruits and a stronger spirit, but today, people often swap the Red Wine for a White Wine or even a Red or White Sparkling Wine, each bringing a different flavour to the Sangria. How you make a Sangria depends on who you are, as…

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English Fizz Cocktails to Celebrate Winnie the Pooh Day

By Oliver Walkey / 17th January 2020

Winnie the Pooh Day Winnie the Pooh Day is on the 18th of January every year, it’s a day to celebrate the birth of Alan Alexander Milne (also known as A.A. Milne). Here Are A Few Facts About A.A. Milne & How Winnie The Pooh Was Created A.A. Milne was born on the 18th of…

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Italy’s Finest – Spaghetti Bolognese & Cartizze

By Oliver Walkey / 14th January 2020

When you think of Italy’s signature dish, you either think of Pizza or Pasta, I’ve made a delicious and easy to make at home Spaghetti Bolognese and paired it with two Award Winning Cartizze’s from Italy. What is Cartizze? Cartizze is basically the Grand Cru of Prosecco, a Cartizze is still a Prosecco but it…

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Masterstroke & Crossbones – How To Make Blackbeard’s Cocktail

By Oliver Walkey / 13th January 2020

How one man’s name has echoed through history for sailing, plundering and killing, he’s appeared in books, films, TV shows, video games and even had a Cocktail named after him, I’m talking about a world famous Pirate called Blackbeard. Blackbeard’s Life Not much is known about Blackbeard’s early life, the current belief is that he…

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How To Make A Virus 7 Cocktail

By Oliver Walkey / 9th January 2020

THIS IS YOUR EMERGENCY BROADCAST SYSTEM FOR ANYTHING CHAMPAGNE OR SPARKLING WINE RELATED, THIS IS NOT A TEST. A Virus known as Virus 7, which was created in Slovenia has been reported to have been poured into wine glasses across the world. Covering 10 Hectares, Vina Sosolič makes Red Wines, White Wines and one bottle…

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Enjoy Low Alcohol Sparkling Wines This Christmas From Tesco

By Oliver Walkey / 24th December 2019

Christmas is very close by and you may not want to celebrate the day with a lot of alcohol, but you can still enjoy the fizzy taste with much lower alcohol content, less than 0.5% to be more precise. Tesco has two Low Alcohol Sparkling Wines from Spain to enjoy this Christmas and the crazy…

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How To Make A Sparkling Snowball Cocktail

By Oliver Walkey / 21st December 2019

As it’s the Christmas season you might feel like creating a unique Christmas Cocktail, why not try a Sparkling Snowball? To create this Cocktail, all you’ll need is a Sparkling Wine, Warninks Advocaat, Icing Sugar and Lemon or Lime and of course, a glass. I’ve decided to go for another of our award winning Sparkling…

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Fizzy Eggnog Cocktail

How To Make A Sparkling Wine Eggnog

By Oliver Walkey / 21st December 2019

We know eggnog as a traditional Christmas drink, but when eggnog was first made, it wasn’t, most agree eggnog originated in the 13th century during early medieval Britain, during this time the English drunk a drink called Posset this is made with hot milk and ale, it wasn’t until eggnog made it’s way to America…

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Sparkling Red Mulled Wine

By Oliver Walkey / 20th December 2019

It’s now the time of year where you just want to sit down in front of an open fire and enjoy the evening with a fine glass of Mulled Wine, but this year, why not try adding a little twist to the traditional Mulled Wine, by making it with a Sparkling Red instead. Interesting Mulled…

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