Archive for February 2015
Celebrity Interview: Neil Phillips
The Wine Tipster is one of the UK’s leading Champagne Experts, Neil is a wine presenter, horse racing pundit, writer and presenter on both television and radio. Where’s the most memorable place you’ve enjoyed a Glass of Bubbly? At Maison Belle Epoque with Chef de Cave Hervé Deschamps tasting Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque Blanc de Blancs…
Read MoreSparkling Wine & Fish & Chips
Fish and chips, an iconic British meal, it was regarded as being so vital to the home front during the Second World War that they were never rationed. There’s something quite nostalgic about enjoying fish and chips from a paper bag on the seafront. Nowadays you’re just as likely to enjoy a delicious portion of fish and chips…
Read MoreCelebrity Interview: Kim Tiddy
Kim, an English actress, is probably best known for her role in The Bill as PC Honey Harman and more recently Heidi Costello in Hollyoaks. She has just finished two very successful tours of the classic farce ‘Boeing Boeing’ and Simon Williams thriller ‘Double Death.’ Kim is set to star in a new play by…
Read MoreMonroe Overdry Prosecco D.O.C Extra Dry
The Monroe Overdry Prosecco D.O.C. Extra Dry Special Edition sparkling wine is made in Italy from grapes grown by a number of growers on the hills vineyards with a high temperature range between night and day around Treviso, close to Venice, in Veneto region, northern Italy. The taste of Monroe Overdry Prosecco D.O.C. Extra Dry…
Read MoreMonroe Overdry Prosecco
The Monroe Overdry Prosecco D.O.C. (Denomination of Origin Controlled) sparkling wine is very food-friendly, guest-friendly, easygoing and value-conscious sparkling wine. This sparkling wine is a 100% British project, developed in London. However, the content – the Prosecco D.O.C. Extra Dry sparkling wine – is 100% made in Italy by a number of growers on the hills…
Read MoreBattle of the Bubbles: New Zealand vs England the Results
Hosted by New Zealand Winegrowers, Tourism New Zealand and New Zealand Trade & Enterprise, the ‘Battle of the Bubbles’ was played out in Wellington, with Team Captains Oz Clarke for England and Master of Wine Jane Skilton for New Zealand participating in a blind tasting of the two countries’ wines. The wines were tasted in…
Read MoreOriginal & Distinctive’s “Small Producer ‘Sparkling’ Tasting is an overwhelming success
Original & Distinctive’s (O&D™) first Trade Tasting of 2015, held on 11th February in the Library of the Grade II listed Georgian building Pushkin House in London, was an overwhelming success. Sponsored by Glass of Bubbly, O&D™ welcomed a number of well known aficionados including: Michael Edwards; Jilly Goolden; Fiona Beckett; Henriette Green; Richard Bampfield MW; & Rupert Wollheim MW; as well as many others from the On- and Off-trade and trade…
Read MoreBottle Your Brand – Personalised Bottles of Prosecco
It is unusual to be able to be able to personalise a wine bottle at volumes lower than 10,000 units, but Prosecco specialist importer GreatVine is the first to make fully personalised bottles of high quality Prosecco DOC Treviso Millesimato or DOCG Valdobbiadene Superiore available anywhere in the UK or Ireland from a minimum order…
Read MoreHow Sweet is your Sparkling Wine?
The amount of sugar added to Champagne or sparkling wine determines the sweetness or dryness of that particular bottle. Extra Dry, sounds drier than Brut right? No, a simply way to look at the sweetness levels is the following: Brut Zéro > Extra Brut > Brut > Extra Dry > Sec > Demi-Sec > Doux Brut zéro or…
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