Oliver Walkey

Zesty Lemon Fizz Cocktail

By Oliver Walkey / 16th April 2021

This Cocktail is for those who like a little zesty & zingy in their glasses, focusing on the lemon flavours and using a Zesty & Zingy Slovenian Sparkling Wine. Where the word Lemon comes from, is not 100% clear, it is possible that the word came from the Middle East, but it also could have…

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Jim and Tonic Fizz Cocktails

By Oliver Walkey / 15th April 2021

Jim and Tonic recently sent through a survival kit featuring a Rhubarb Gin and over a dozen mini bottles of Ginger Ale, Lemonade and Tonic Waters, so I decided to grab a bottle of Italian Sparkling Wine and create a few cocktails to survive the weekend. Whether you be surviving lockdown or simply just surviving…

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Summer Trifle Prosecco Cocktail

By Oliver Walkey / 13th April 2021

Who doesn’t love a Summer Trifle, a combination of delicious strawberries and cream, YUM!, and who here wants to be able to enjoy the beautiful flavours in a glass with some bubbly Sparkling Wine? The Infusionist is known for putting some great flavours into their liqueurs and sometimes going over and above in creating some…

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Strawberry Fizz Cocktail

By Oliver Walkey / 9th April 2021

With Summer approaching the one thing that can always bring a smile to someone’s face is a good drink, a good cocktail, a good fizz cocktail. The Strawberry   Six Facts Strawberries are the first fruit to ripen in the spring. A single average strawberry can contain around 200 seeds. One acre of land can…

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Spring Fling Sparkling Wines

By Oliver Walkey / 8th April 2021

Spring is here and the flowers are blooming, it’s a great time to enjoy a glass of Sparkling Wine, especially one that won a Gold Medal in the Spring Fling category at The World’s Finest Glass of Bubbly Awards 2020. This year Spring started on Saturday the 20th of March and it will end on…

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A Hearty Dish & Slovenian Fizz

By Oliver Walkey / 7th April 2021

A healthy hearty meal with a vintage Slovenian Sparkling Wine is a pleasant way to spend an evening after a hard day of work either working on the vines, building a house or whatever it is that you do to earn a living. The sparkling wine I’m pairing with this dish is the Virus 7…

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Hot Cross Bun Easter Cocktail

By Oliver Walkey / 2nd April 2021

Hot Cross Buns, a delicious baked treat most commonly enjoyed around Easter along with the chocolate bunny and chocolate egg, this year Easter Sunday is on the 4th of April 2021. According to Wikipedia the first definite record of the Hot Cross Bun came about in 1733 from a London street cry: “Good Friday comes…

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An Italian Fizz Cocktail

By Oliver Walkey / 1st April 2021

Campari and Italian Sparkling Wine, two very popular Italian drinks coming together to create a tasty cocktail. Italy is a divine country with a lot of heritage and tradition and when visiting another country it is important to embrace those traditions, for that is one of the reasons you are there, although not all of…

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Salmon & Prosciutto Salad & Fizz

By Oliver Walkey / 30th March 2021

A delicious salad and an enjoyable bottle of Sparkling Wine with a label I can’t stop looking at, what does it mean? Is there a meaning to it? Will the salad and Sparkling Wine pair well together? Read on to find out, Fink & Kotzian have an amazing story behind their label, it’s worth reading.…

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