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Cheers to Champagne & Chocolate
Sipping a glass of sparkling wine before nibbling on a rich carré of Belgian chocolat noir … Whoever said you can’t pair chocolate with Champagne? Taste habits have unquestionably evolved over time. Modern gastronomy trends and palate preferences are a far cry from the sweet tendencies of 50 years ago. Today’s taste is drawn to…
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How did Champagne Become a Mandatory Accessory for Celebration?
Champagne has always been a special treat to the senses. Its fine bubbles can’t be reproduced by any means – no artificially added bubbles give your tongue quite the sensation of the traditionally manufactured Champagne. Sparkling wine varieties are to be found in many countries, ranging from Italy’s ‘Frizzante’, Spain’s ‘Cava’, Germany’s ‘Sekt’, and many…
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100’s of Global Sparkling Wines Showcased at Glass of Bubbly tasting 2017
It’s Spring time and that can only mean there’s some great annual tastings hitting the world of wine in London and Monday 24th of April it was the turn of the Glass of Bubbly International Champagne & Sparkling Wine Trade tasting and launch of the International Summit at Le Meridien Piccadilly Hotel, London. Months of…
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Anna De Codorníu Terrace on the Thames
Spain’s largest producer of high quality cava, Codorníu, is launching an al fresco terrace at DoubleTree by Hilton London Docklands Riverside hotel to showcase its range of sparkling Anna wines. The Anna de Codorníu Terrace on the Thames will pop up on 10th May 2017 for five months serving the full Anna range of premium…
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David & Goliath – Can English Sparkling Wine take on the might of Champagne?
English Sparkling Wine has experienced something of a meteoric rise over the past few years. Peter Ustinov’s phrase “I imagine hell like this: Italian punctuality, German humour and English wine” would have had little argument even in the very recent past, with English wine being the parochial and somewhat comical poor cousin of the fizz…
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Bubbles of Colour
Time to open up the bubbly and let the spectrum in. There are old stories of Champagne in rainbow colours. Not that any was ever so bottled, just served that way. How did they manage it? By putting a bit of coloured stuff in the glass of course. The tales date from the Naughties of…
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Popping the Brit Fizz: Christopher Walkey interviews Nusrat Ghani MP (Member of Parliament)
A glass of bubbly is becoming more and more the choice of many when it comes to enjoying wine these days and what a splendid choice we now have from nearly each and every corner of the globe from Austrian to Argentinian, South African to Indian. I think many in the wine industry would say…
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School of Sparkling Wine
Education is the key when drinking Sparkling wine. Do you know your Cava from your Prosecco? Your Asti from your Lambrusco? Your Champagne from your Vouvray? From the appearance in a glass alone it’s hard to know what you might be drinking. If you lined up three different styles of sparkling wine, they would all…
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The Case for English Bubbles
I’ve always loved bubbles, but I must admit, I haven’t always been fussy. In fact, when I first moved to London eight years ago, a £5 bottle of Tesco Cava did the trick, not that there’s anything wrong with that… These days, well, my income stretches a little further and let’s just say, like a…
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