Glass of Bubbly
Gonzalez Byass UK welcomes Coates & Seely into their portfolio.
English sparkling wine producer Coates & Seely has announced a change in distribution in the UK, appointing Gonzalez Byass UK as exclusive distributor with immediate effect. Brainchild of long term friends, financier Nicholas Coates and Christian Seely. Coates & Seely was started with the clear objective of making England’s finest sparkling wines from Pinot Noir,…
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Glass of Bubbly attending and speaking at International Wine Tourism Conference
Glass of Bubbly are pleased to be invited to the 7th Annual International Wine Tourism Conference which is being held in Reims, France. The IWINETC is the destination for those involved in wine, gastronomy and tourism and is attending by industry professionals from across the world. Christopher Walkey, CEO of Glass of Bubbly, will be delivering…
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International Wine Tourism Conference & Workshop in La Champagne.
The 7th Annual International Wine Tourism Conference will be held in the beautiful city of Reims, La Champagne, France 8 -9 April 2015. Two days with over 30 talks, presentations, panel discussions and workshops combined with opportunities to taste world class wines makes this an experience not to be missed. Wine Tourism Workshop 10 April.…
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The Harvest of Dreams – View from behind the Snips
I cannot now recall how long before the 2014 harvest it was that the word “dream” started to be used, but it was certainly weeks, if not months, before the first grape was picked. After the poor harvest of 2011, the abject disaster of 2012 and a reasonable crop in 2013, excitement built throughout 2014. Vines…
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Champagne sales hit second highest total in 2014
Around 308m bottles of Champagne were sold around the world in 2014, according to provisional figures, this would represent a 1% rise in global Champagne sales compared to 2013. Worldwide Champagne sales are estimated to be 4.5bn euros compared to 4.3bn euros in 2013 and the second highest annual total on record. French consumption of Champagne fell for the…
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Heidsieck Monopole Official Champagne Partner for British Summer Time Hyde Park
Heidsieck Monopole will be the Official Champagne Partner of Barclaycard presents British Summer Time Hyde Park for the next 3 years, beginning this summer on Friday 19th June. Heidsieck Monopole will be the exclusive Champagne and feature in all bars and VIP areas. The exclusive ‘invite-‐only’ Heidsieck Monopole Treehouse, a Champagne bar in the sky…
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Valentini cocktail recipe for Valentine’s Day
New Dorset distillery Conker Spirit creates a Valentini cocktail recipe for Valentine’s Day. Love (will be) all around the south coast in February, as Dorset’s first gin distillery Conker Spirit has created a very special Valentini cocktail especially for Valentine’s Day, using its signature Dorset Dry Gin and Furleigh Estate sparkling rosé. A romantic twist…
Read MorePIPER-HEIDSIECK at the Oscars
PIPER-HEIDSIECK will be the exclusive Champagne of the Oscars. A three-year partnership with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will begin with this year’s 87th Academy Awards ceremony on 22nd February. “We are proud to partner with the Academy and are committed to building an enduring relationship over the three-year partnership,” said Cécile Bonnefond,…
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South African Sparkling Wine
South Africa’s first wine harvest began on 2nd February 1659. Those first few vines grew in the Company Gardens, now in the middle of Cape Town; today the main winelands stretch roughly 400 kilometres north and east of Cape Town; there are also irrigated vineyards along the banks of the Orange river in the Northern…
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