Oliver Walkey

Masterstroke & Crossbones – How To Make Blackbeard’s Cocktail

By Oliver Walkey / 13th January 2020

How one man’s name has echoed through history for sailing, plundering and killing, he’s appeared in books, films, TV shows, video games and even had a Cocktail named after him, I’m talking about a world famous Pirate called Blackbeard. Blackbeard’s Life Not much is known about Blackbeard’s early life, the current belief is that he…

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How To Make A Virus 7 Cocktail

By Oliver Walkey / 9th January 2020

THIS IS YOUR EMERGENCY BROADCAST SYSTEM FOR ANYTHING CHAMPAGNE OR SPARKLING WINE RELATED, THIS IS NOT A TEST. A Virus known as Virus 7, which was created in Slovenia has been reported to have been poured into wine glasses across the world. Covering 10 Hectares, Vina Sosolič makes Red Wines, White Wines and one bottle…

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Enjoy Low Alcohol Sparkling Wines This Christmas From Tesco

By Oliver Walkey / 24th December 2019

Christmas is very close by and you may not want to celebrate the day with a lot of alcohol, but you can still enjoy the fizzy taste with much lower alcohol content, less than 0.5% to be more precise. Tesco has two Low Alcohol Sparkling Wines from Spain to enjoy this Christmas and the crazy…

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How To Make A Sparkling Snowball Cocktail

By Oliver Walkey / 21st December 2019

As it’s the Christmas season you might feel like creating a unique Christmas Cocktail, why not try a Sparkling Snowball? To create this Cocktail, all you’ll need is a Sparkling Wine, Warninks Advocaat, Icing Sugar and Lemon or Lime and of course, a glass. I’ve decided to go for another of our award winning Sparkling…

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Fizzy Eggnog Cocktail

How To Make A Sparkling Wine Eggnog

By Oliver Walkey / 21st December 2019

We know eggnog as a traditional Christmas drink, but when eggnog was first made, it wasn’t, most agree eggnog originated in the 13th century during early medieval Britain, during this time the English drunk a drink called Posset this is made with hot milk and ale, it wasn’t until eggnog made it’s way to America…

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Sparkling Red Mulled Wine

By Oliver Walkey / 20th December 2019

It’s now the time of year where you just want to sit down in front of an open fire and enjoy the evening with a fine glass of Mulled Wine, but this year, why not try adding a little twist to the traditional Mulled Wine, by making it with a Sparkling Red instead. Interesting Mulled…

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A Fun & Fruity Way To Brighten Up Your Glass Of Prosecco

By Oliver Walkey / 19th December 2019

Creating a fun and fruitier glass of Prosecco has been made a little easier with Hogg Norton fruit liqueurs, offering 7 flavours that deliver a great taste across the board. Hogg Norton Fruit Liqueurs are all vegetarian and vegan friendly, also dairy and gluten free, they have 7 flavours to choose from: Mixed Berries Raspberry…

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The English 75 Cocktail

By Oliver Walkey / 18th December 2019

There’s a popular Cocktail called the French 75 which normally includes Champagne, Gin, Lemon Juice and Sugar or Syrup but there’s another 75 Cocktail out there, called The English 75, in this cocktail the ingredients are similar, you just swap out the Champagne for some English Fizz. Woodchurch The English Sparkling Wine I’ve gone for…

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Spice Up Your Christmas With A Fizzy Spicy Cocktail

By Oliver Walkey / 16th December 2019

Spicing Up Your Christmas One Glass At A Time With Cavas Narveran & Jaggi Cavas Naveran Covering 110 hectares, Cavas Naveran is located in the centre of the Alt Penedés near Barcelona in Spain. Annually they produce 500,000 bottles of Wine, this is split between 50% Cava and 50% other Wines. Their cellars can hold…

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