Glass of Bubbly
N° 1 Family Estate
New Zealand methode traditionelle specialist and Champagne-maker, Daniel Le Brun, launched his wholly family-owned wine producing business in July 1999, utilising the same processes perfected by his Champagne-making family in France over the last 12 generations. The winery has been set up with state of the art processing equipment, imported from Champagne. Marketer and Champagne-maker…
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What did I think of Crémant?
Well, in a word, fantastic! Maybe I just got very lucky with the three different wines that I had, but if it was purely down to luck then I’ll hop off and get my lottery tickets for the week before it runs out. I started on the Friday night with the De Chanceny Crémant de Loire from Spirited…
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What’s my Crémant going to taste like?
Big thing about sparkling wine, and the taste you’ll get is how it’s made. If you know how it’s made you’re well over half the battle of what to expect. I did a blog (feels like ages ago now) about the different methods used to make sparkling wines. Crémant, along with Champagne and Cava, uses the traditional method. This…
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Food pairings with Crémant
When you’re thinking of food pairing you need to remember the major tastes or character of your wine. With Crémant we’re looking at high acidity, yeasty (bread/biscuit) flavours, and fresh green fruit (apples, pears). So what do we need to think about: – High acidity means you can have high acid foods, oily foods, and fatty foods – Try to match up…
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Seegir Wine Storage
Seegir are a specialist company providing unique and distinct wine care products to private collectors, leading hotels, exclusive restaurants and wine producers throughout the UK. Our background and technical expertise is found in commercial refrigeration and air conditioning but our passion is for wine. Bringing these two qualities together provides the perfect combination of expert advice and a…
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What goes into Crémant?
Crémant is made across France. The different kinds of Crémant are all based on the region it’s made in. In most cases, if it is made, it’s made to be good. The chances of getting a really unbalanced wine (with maybe too much alcohol, or too little acidity) are pretty low. Producers tend to put decent effort…
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What exactly is Crémant?
I’ve had a multitude of wine shop owners and drinkers get in touch by email, twitter, etc. saying how much they love Crémant, and how annoying they find it that no-one in the UK buys it. Well to a point I guess that’s because most people don’t know what it is. Which is fair enough. Put simply, Crémant is a…
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Innovative Prosecco brand ‘ORA’ launches in the UK
ORA, an exciting new Prosecco brand launched onto the UK market this week. The result of a partnership between a winery and a creative company, ORA delivers high quality wine together with innovative and dynamic brand marketing is poised to become a big player in the UK’s Prosecco market. The ORA winery is based in…
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Tirage – Champagne et Plats
Lovers of fizz and fine food are flocking to the heart of the City where new restaurant, Tirage, is offering one of the capital’s largest selections of Champagne and sparkling wine by the glass, expertly paired with perfectly-portioned ‘plats’. Located on Bishopsgate, the all-day dining destination is the brainchild of Venezuelan-born businessman-turned-restaurateur Elio Machillanda and his wife Claudia,…
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