Oliver Walkey

Badagoni and BBQ

By Oliver Walkey / 26th August 2021

It’s BBQ season, it’s time to roll out your BBQs and start cooking some burgers, sausages and chicken, in this article we will be pairing chicken wings, simply barbecued and with sauces with a couple of bottles of Georgian Sparkling Wine from the winery of Badagoni. While the fire gets going, let’s pop over to…

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5 Italian Rosé Sparkling Wines

By Oliver Walkey / 24th August 2021

Its bottles open and away we go… Welcome to the Italian Rosé Line Up, showcasing some award-winning rosé’s from Italy, each has their own character, each unique in its own way, but one thing does combine them all, they all want to be popped open and enjoyed, so let’s get into it. 1 Maso Martis…

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Tuna and Vintage Slovenian Sparkling Wine

By Oliver Walkey / 19th August 2021

You sit down at a table and a glorious vintage of Slovenian Sparkling Wine is placed by your side, the waiter takes of the foil and removes the cork with a little hiss, the perfect sound when opening a bottle of fizz, the waiter says with compliments of the house, we’d like you to pair…

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5 Rosé Champagnes

By Oliver Walkey / 18th August 2021

A glass of Champagne, sir? Why, yes, thank you very much! Oh, waiter, I think there’s something wrong with this Champagne How so, sir? It’s pink It’s meant to be sir, it’s Rosé Champagne Rosé Champagne, Rosé Champagne, Rosé Champagne, is it just me or does anybody else like saying that. Rosé has been making…

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How Does Ice Cream Pair With Sparkling Wine?

By Oliver Walkey / 17th August 2021

Do you remember those times where you’re at the beach and your mum or dad asks you if you want ice cream, your eyes lit up with excitement craving that sweet cold creamy milky taste, whether you went for a whippy or were asked the question you would always spend too long thinking about even…

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4 English Rosé Sparkling Wines

By Oliver Walkey / 13th August 2021

Looking into a glass and seeing a shade of pink, it’s a rosé, a possible delicate blend of aromas and flavours or a strong punchy expression, either way, it will bring you one step back into relaxation, removing the troubles of the world from your mind and allowing you to just enjoy this moment. You…

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The Perfect Seafood & Fizz Pairing

By Oliver Walkey / 10th August 2021

If you’re in the market for the finest selection of seafood, from salmon to caviar then you’re in for a real treat, Petrossian has provided us with the finest selection of sea treats, including the finest piece of Red Beet Salmon I’ve ever enjoyed, Russian Red King Crab and Pike Roe, with this outstanding array,…

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Sparkling Strawberry Cream Tea Cocktail

By Oliver Walkey / 4th August 2021

Combining hot drinks and Sparkling Wine is not one many people would recommend, so what do you do if you want to have a fizzy tea? Well if you’ve ever wondered that, then G&Tea will be helpful in achieving that goal, they create Tea infused Gins, the one we have here is a Cream Tea,…

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Pirate Fizz Cocktails

By Oliver Walkey / 30th July 2021

Thud, thud, thud, each time getting louder, a wooden leg on wood floors, a silence then fills the air as the thudding stops, you hold your breath, so not to make a sound, a handle is turned and a creaking door slowly opens, the light is against you, you see only a dark figure in…

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