Glass of Bubbly
Domaines Paul Mas
Nestled in the Coteaux de Languedoc AOC between Pézenas and Sète on the Mediterranean coastline, Château de Conas has been in the Mas family home for over one thousand years. Fourth-generation vintner, Jean-Claude Mas took over the helm in 2000 and his mission has been to use only premium quality grapes to craft superior wines…
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Chapel Down Launches Most Expensive English Sparkling Wine
Chapel Down has launched a Coeur de Cuvée English sparkling wine at a cost of £99.99, making it the most expensive English wine on sale at the moment. Named Kit’s Coty Coeur de Cuvée 2013, the wine is produced from the best areas of Chardonnay in Chapel Down’s 98-hectare vineyard on the North Downs of…
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Great Hotels serving Incredible Champagne
I have been lucky enough to have travelled the world in my life and sampled wines, spirits and Champagnes in many of the places I visited. One thing that I have found, that seems to be a universal running theme, for most world travellers, is that we like to try things on vacations, we might…
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Anna De Codorníu Terrace on the Thames
Spain’s largest producer of high quality cava, Codorníu, is launching an al fresco terrace at DoubleTree by Hilton London Docklands Riverside hotel to showcase its range of sparkling Anna wines. The Anna de Codorníu Terrace on the Thames will pop up on 10th May 2017 for five months serving the full Anna range of premium…
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Water is the Critical Ingredient to Wine & Champagne
Ask any wine connoisseur what goes into making a truly great wine or champagne and you will invite an in-depth debate of the pros and cons of different grapes, processing and crushing practices and numerous other factors. But few will think to mention the most important ingredient of all. Your average wine has a water content of…
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Waitrose Starts Exporting English Wine To China
Waitrose has become the first supermarket to start exporting English wine to China. As part of the supermarket’s support of the English wine industry, four English sparkling wines will be sold through the Royal Mail store on Tmall, the huge Chinese online marketplace operated by Alibaba Group, from 12 April. With over 100 wines available…
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Bubbles & Cheese
Here are my top two sparkling wines paired with two great British cheeses. La Jara, Frizzante Rosé NV, Veneto, Italy An amazing semi-sparkling rosé from Prosecco producer La Jara, they use a little bit of the red grape, Raboso, to give the wine it’s lovely pale coral colour. It is dry on the palate and…
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Jay Z’s New Champagne Costs £680 a Bottle
Armand de Brignac’s Blanc de Noirs Assemblage Two, aka A2, Jay Z‘s latest Champagne is to sell for a cool $850 (£680) a bottle. It will be available in the U.S. from the 18th April. The Champagne is made from Pinot Noir grapes picked from the 2008, 2009, and 2010 vintages. Only 2,333 bottles will…
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Top 10 Tips to Help you Understand & Buy Champagne
Perfect Foods with Champagne other than caviar Scallops with Extra-Sec Blanquette de Veau with Blanc de Blancs Fish & Chips with everyday good quality Brut Seafood platter with Zero Dosage Lobster and langoustine with a Blanc de Noirs Pink lamb with mature Vintage Rosé Apple crumble with Demi-Sec Duck and beef with Mature Vintage Summer…
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