Oliver Walkey

Chocolate, Vanilla or Strawberry – The Perfect Ice Cream Cocktail

By Oliver Walkey / 16th February 2021

Ice cream or Prosecco, which one would you like? How about both? I’ve chosen to use Neapolitan Ice Cream to create 3 different varieties of cocktails, each using the Bisol Prosecco and each containing a few scoops of Ice Cream. Neapolitan Ice Cream originated in Naples, Italy and contains three different flavours, including Vanilla, Strawberry…

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Pretty ‘n’ Pink Cocktail

By Oliver Walkey / 11th February 2021

This Pretty ‘n’ Pink Cocktail will be a great contender for this Valentine’s Day, it holds a beautiful deep pink/red like colour and using this rose designed glass makes it look gorgeous. The Sparkling Wine – Codice Citra Citra was founded in 1973 and has 6,000 hectares of vineyards, that produce four different Sparkling Wines. Codice…

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The Duchess Fitz Cocktail

The Duchess Cocktail

By Oliver Walkey / 9th February 2021

The Duchess is an elegant and sophisticated cocktail with a sweet and creamy side to her, a great choice for a Valentine’s Day Cocktail or any day, for your Duchess. The Sparkling Wine – Fitz – Made In England Fitz has a truly fascinating story of a British winery pushing through their hard times and embracing…

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Valentine’s Day Sparkling Wines

By Oliver Walkey / 8th February 2021

Valentine’s Day is going to be very different for a lot of people this year, but it doesn’t mean you can’t find a way to celebrate it with the one you love. Like clockwork, February 14th comes every year and with it the day of love, or just strongly like, just in case you haven’t…

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The Owl, The Fox and The Lion – The Animals of Sparkling Wine

By Oliver Walkey / 5th February 2021

When it comes to the symbols that represent wineries, some choose to proudly show an animal on their labels and even embed them on their bottles. The Owl, The Fox and The Lion in this article represent, Montelvini, Fox & Fox and Frelih, an Italian, English and Slovenian Sparkling Wine. Learn a little about the…

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Famous Actors Wine Quotes

By Oliver Walkey / 4th February 2021

Sparkling Wine is something that has no barriers, it can heal friendships, create new ones, it brings people together even though you might be able to understand each other, just like a melody or art, wine is something anyone can understand. A lot of people have made some unique and interesting quotes throughout history about…

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Apple, Banana or Orange – Which Goes Best in a Champagne Cocktail?

By Oliver Walkey / 1st February 2021

Three highly liked fruits and a bottle of the good stuff, but how will they work together, will they combine into a masterpiece or tear each other apart on the palate? Fruit has been enjoyed in Cocktails for a long while now, but Champagne with fruit still has some uncharted territory, the Mimosa being one…

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Tasting Vintage Sparkling Wines From Around The World – 2016

By Oliver Walkey / 29th January 2021

With every great harvest, a vintage is sure to follow, welcome back to the third article of this exclusive series to Glass of Bubbly, which will take you around the world tasting the vintages of different years. We’ve already done two vintage years with 2014 and 2015 vintage sparkling wines, let’s now explore the tastes…

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Sparkling Mango Cocktail

By Oliver Walkey / 22nd January 2021

For you mango lovers out there, here is a cool way to enjoy a piece of mango with your next bottle of Sparkling Wine. The Fascinating Mango Story Where do we get the word mango from? It has a long history, we got the word from the Portuguese word ‘manga’ they got the word from…

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