Oliver Walkey

Welcome To The 1920s – The Age Of Prohibition

By Oliver Walkey / 15th November 2022

The year is 1920, the day is January 17th, a day that will alter the course of America for the next 13 years, drawing crime to the doorsteps of the average working American, disregarding the freedoms of millions and decimating the lives of thousands. Two years out of what was then called the Great War…

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Bartender Made Cocktails – Zest For Life

By Oliver Walkey / 14th November 2022

This article is made in collaboration with Filip Putovny, an amazing Mixologist in Dubai. The Cocktail that you are about to make is one of Filip Putovny’s Signature Fizz Cocktails, which he makes at Five Zürich in Dubai. Let’s Meet The Bartender! “My name is Filip (cyppino) and I’m from Slovakia. My hospitality career started…

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From Small Acres Great Sparkling Wines Can Grow

By Oliver Walkey / 11th November 2022

How a husband and wife turned their one-acre-old paddock into a small vineyard and started producing delicious English Sparkling Wine, this is an interesting story! Every year that goes by, the English Sparkling Wine industry develops and reaches new heights, but it isn’t just the big vineyards that are helping to further the knowledge and…

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Forget Me Not Sparkling Wine

By Oliver Walkey / 10th November 2022

Sometimes you pop open a bottle of Sparkling Wine that is unlike any other that you’ve ever tasted, displaying either a unique colour, aroma or flavour, making that characteristic bond with your memory, so that it becomes a Forget Me Not Sparkling Wine. This article is being created to showcase one amazing Forget Me Not…

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What Are The Sparkling Wine Classifications?

By Oliver Walkey / 9th November 2022

Each country has its own classifications for its Sparkling Wines, for example, France has the Champagne Region and in that region, you’ll find the likes of Grand Cru and Premier Cru, but what do they mean? In the Prosecco Region in Italy, you’ll find DOC and DOCG, do you know what that really tells you?…

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Lord of the Rings – One Sparkling Wine To Rule Them All

By Oliver Walkey / 8th November 2022

The world is changed, I feel it in the wine, I feel it in the barrel, I smell it in the glass, much that once was, is lost, none now live who remember it. It began with the fermenting of the sparkling wines three were given to the winemakers, immortal, wisest and fairest of all…

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Bartender Made Cocktails – Bitter Bubble Blush

By Oliver Walkey / 7th November 2022

This article is made in collaboration with Zayne Osbourne, an amazing Bartender in Dubai. The Cocktail that you are about to make is one of Zayne Osbourne’s Signature Fizz Cocktails, which he makes at Radisson in the Dubai DAMAC Hills. Let’s Meet The Bartender! “I am from India, I went to a hotel management school…

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Pies and Sparkling Wine

By Oliver Walkey / 4th November 2022

Get ready to enjoy some of the most delicious handcrafted pies with a Bottle of Sparkling Wine twice the normal size. We’ve enjoyed many different kinds of pies over the years, including cottage pie, fish pie, apple pie, mince pies and lemon pie with a variety of different Sparkling Wines, now we’re putting some homemade…

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The Great American Road Trip

By Oliver Walkey / 3rd November 2022

If you’re planning to create your absolutely perfect road trip across the United States of America, the best tip I can give you would be to break it down, USA is a massive country with a lot to offer, fortunately, the country has already been broken down for you, take each part of your road…

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