Glass of Bubbly
The Search for the World’s Finest Glass of Bubbly for 2017
Glass of Bubbly are taking Champagne and sparkling wine awards to the next level with the release of their consumer focused search for The World’s Finest Glass of Bubbly. Winners will receive anything up to £500,000 of positive PR, communications and marketing through the key relationships with a host of media and press partners looking…
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Frost hits English Vineyards
We’ve already heard how frost has affected vineyards in Champagne. Now the frost has hit some vineyards in England, with Albury stating the frost has caused damage to 80% of buds. When frost is forecast, it’s all hands on deck with the lighting of ‘bougies’ (French for ‘candle’) and burners throughout the vineyards. These ‘bougies’…
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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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