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London’s First Global Sparkling Wine Bar to Launch in Covent Garden

By Glass of Bubbly / 17th April 2018

Early summer 2018 will see the opening of Grays & Feather, a new boutique wine bar located in the midst of Covent Garden on Wellington Street. The first of its kind, the concept will truly specialise in sparkling wines offering guests exploration, education and most importantly, enjoyment without breaking the bank! With a huge library…

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London Wine Fair ‘Innovation Zone’ invites Glass of Bubbly

By Christopher Walkey / 4th April 2018

London Wine Fair 2018 have certainly taken an innovative approach and things appear to be certainly with current trends with their 2018 Innovation Zone which includes a live pitching event for wine tech start ups to seek funding and investment from invited investors. Only recently I sold one of my tech start-ups which facilitated live…

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How to organise and run a Trade & Press Wine tasting event

By Christopher Walkey / 30th January 2018

We have just recently run our fifth Champagne and Sparkling Wine trade & press tasting event and I thought it was about time that I shared our experiences with our readers along with some tips and words of advice to include looking back at errors we made and learnt from so to those who are…

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Wine Bloggers, Journalists and Influencers – Who and what are they?

By Christopher Walkey / 15th November 2017

I wanted to take a look at a certain part of the wine industry that I would say fits one of the main roles I see myself having and that is wine blogging/journalism. Now this is a section of the industry that is quite full at present, especially thanks to the internet and the emergence…

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A wine tour offering the splendours of Friuli and Zonin1821

By Christopher Walkey / 7th June 2017

Having explored much of Europe on the pursuit of fine wines, Italy is right near the top for both choice and tastes. Now when Zonin1821 came along with an invite that included the chance to experience the splendours of Italy such as fine ham, sparkling wines, cheese, coffee and more then you’d have to reckon on…

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International Champagne and Sparkling Wine Awards 2017

By Christopher Walkey / 21st December 2016

Importantly: What benefits do you get by entering? We have tried to develop an innovative approach to how we judge Champagne and Sparkling Wines with a focus on communicating results to the people that matter, the end consumers. We are searching for The World’s Finest Glass of Bubbly and this interests consumer read media outlets…

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The way consumers engage with wines today is changing! Take 10 minutes to read on:

By Christopher Walkey / 29th November 2016

I want to take a look at the important factors that help to get a wine from a producer to the consumers glass. Wine producer ie the wine PR / Marketing Company & Wine Professionals Wine news outlets / Tasting events Wine Merchant / Outlets Consumer ie the £’s So we have those who produce the wines,…

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Where will you be Buying your Christmas Wine and Bubbly?

By Christopher Walkey / 22nd November 2016

Simple you’ll say, I’ll just get it as part of the weekly shop before Christmas, but if we look in to this deeper then we have many options for buying wine these days from Amazon to a stroll around Borough Market in London and this choice of options is increasing. What we have today in…

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New Beginners' Wine Guide Helps Schools in Sierra Leone

New Beginners’ Wine Guide Helps Schools in Sierra Leone

By Glass of Bubbly / 22nd August 2016

Wine entrepreneur Jerry Lockspeiser is to publish a new beginners’ wine guide, called YOUR WINE QUESTIONS ANSWERED: The 25 things wine drinkers most want to know, with 100% of its profits being used to build primary schools in Sierra Leone.  The guide features a chapter that answers the question: ‘What is the difference between Champagne…

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