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Slovenian Sparkling Wines – Frangež and Ducal Wineries
Frangež Sparkling House Winery Great woody and pleasant warm atmosphere characterize very popular sparkling wines winery, located on the Austrian border on Podravje Wine Region in the North. The neighbour of great Radgonske Gorice Winery. Anyone who prefers the traditional classic would appreciate eight sparkling wines produced with the Traditional Method Champenoise, while the other…
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Slovenian Sparkling Wines – Radgonske Gorice
Radgonsko – Kapelski wine-growing region belongs to the Northern wider area of Slovenske Gorice, located on the Slovenian / Austrian border where the vine is an ancient culture and already dates back to Roman times. The history of sparkling wines in Gornja Radgona dates back to the European spring of 1848 when Radgonian Kleinošek had spent…
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Sparkling Teran – The Best Red Bubbly
In Slovenia, there is a Macro Wine Region a part of Primorska Wine Region behind the Trieste named Karst well known around The World with its calcite stony landscape and sinkholes filled with Terra Rossa or Jerina. Due to the iron oxide content, the soil is characterized by a red colour. The fingerprint is shallow…
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‘Battle of the Secateurs’ – UK’s First Vine Pruning Competition
WineGB’s first ever UK competition in vine pruning took place last week at Hush Heath Estate in Kent, highlighting the skill and hard work that goes in to looking after Britain’s burgeoning wine industry. In the first of its kind in the UK, 12 teams of vineyard technicians from leading producers in the South East…
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Official Launch of Vineyards of the Surrey Hills
Five leading vineyards, based in the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, announce their inaugural weekend of festivities June 8th – 9th 2019 to celebrate the formation of a new English wine region: ‘Vineyards of the Surrey Hills’. A new collaboration of five multi-award winning vineyards have announced a special launch weekend on 8th…
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Who is the Top Vine Pruner in Britain’s Vineyards?
Vine pruning competition taking place today at Hush Heath Vineyard, Kent Vineyard teams from top South East vineyards competing for trophy It’s secateurs at the ready as viticulturists battle it out in first ever vine pruning competition in a British vineyard. As British vineyards increase in size and number, looking after their wellbeing is ever…
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Discover New Fizz at the Glass of Bubbly Show – 2nd April 2019
We have a great selection of Champagne and Sparkling Wine from around the world, including Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Argentina, New Zealand, USA as well as France, England, Italy and Spain. We hope you discover something new! Places are limited for Masterclasses on the day, to register please email eve@glassofbubbly.com 10:30 – 11:00: Vintage styles from the estate of…
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A Sparkling Tour on the Rolling Hills of Valdobbiadene
I visited Valdobbiadene many times and each time I arrive there I am entranced by the 16,000 acres vineyard on those rolling hills that kiss the sky. A sometimes difficult till heroic viticulture with declivity also at 70% of Rive area. And people proud of their terroir. When I entered the Ciodet wine estate, in…
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Aspro a New Rosé Sangiovese Sparkling Wine
A street boarded of trees brings visitors to the wonderful old villa, Palazzona di Maggio, which gives the name to the wine estate in Ozzano Emilia, province of Bologna in the middle of Emilia Romagna, northern Italy. Antonella and Alberto Perdisa are the typical Emilian people, smiling and ready to offer you something to drink…
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