Oliver Walkey

Gérard Bertrand

By Oliver Walkey / 8th November 2024

One of the biggest wineries of the region and highly respected throughout, Gérard Bertrand offers something for everyone, from the whites, rosé’s red and chilled red, to the sparklings to their aged vintages, an incredible visual display of luxury and highly adapt staff that make you feel like royalty when staying at their onsite Hospitalet…

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Moroccan Wine

By Oliver Walkey / 8th November 2024

In Northern Morocco in the Meknes region, possibly in the city of Meknes, the first Vines were planted over 2,500 years ago. The Wine industry in Morocco was adapted and advanced by the French Protectorate, which was the occupation of a large part of Morocco by the French military, from 1912 to 1956. The first…

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Cantina Miotto – Interview With Andrea Miotto

By Oliver Walkey / 7th November 2024

The love of sparkling wine is infinite, a language that everyone can understand, a sparkle that can shine in anyone’s glass, it can connect people, brings them together and places a smile on faces around the world. In this exclusive feature on Glass of Bubbly, we speak with Andrea Miotto, the skilled Winemaker at Cantina…

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Lebanon Wine

By Oliver Walkey / 6th November 2024

At least 5000 years of story to tell in Lebanon when it comes to Viticulture, but we must move forward to between 3000 BC and 330 BC to see the impressive growth of Wine production in the country, during this time the territory of Phoenicia in Lebanon exported a large supply of Wine to the…

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Russian Wine

By Oliver Walkey / 4th November 2024

Vines have been in Russia for thousands of years, growing wildly around the Caspian, Black and Azov Seas, the Viticulture of these grapes would have started before the Ancient Greeks, as evidence of trading between the two has been found along the shores of the Black Sea in both Phanagoria and Gorgippia. It has been…

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Famille Fabre – Winery Escape Room

By Oliver Walkey / 1st November 2024

Like walking into what could easily be a scene out of a Danial Craig’s James Bond, an incredible combination of mystery and prime southern French architecture, we had a table laid out for us in the middle, already sun kissed and waiting, greeted by Jeanne Fabre and her partner, we enjoyed a lovely lunch and…

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Beetlejuice Cocktail

By Oliver Walkey / 31st October 2024

While waiting to be processed, why not sit down and enjoy one of the afterlife’s Signature Cocktails? The Beetlejuice Cocktail is being served by our resident headless bartender, made with Betleguese Gin Liqueur and Annick Bubbly Rosé, it’ll help pass the millenniums. Beetlejuice was released on the 30th of March 1988, in the United States…

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Belgium Wine

By Oliver Walkey / 30th October 2024

The well-exposed hillsides of the Meuse River served as the perfect place to cultivate vines, the Belgians noticed and were all too happy to start planting, dating back to the 9th century. The production of wine in Belgium occurs in the regions of Wallonia and Flanders, with over 120 vineyards, producing more than 3.4 million…

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Deer Park Hall – Interview With Mark Steele

By Oliver Walkey / 29th October 2024

There is no denying that English Sparkling Wine is on the rise, becoming an undeniable contender to Traditional Method Sparkling Wines around the world. To the English, it’s becoming a fan favourite and a go-to Glass of Bubbly, its quality is improving year on year and thanks to innovators and those willing to follow their…

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