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British-Owned Champagne Piaff the Toast of New York Champagne Week
Now’s the time to invest in the Champagne House making waves across the pond A new Champagne House – Champagne PIAFF – was the toast of last week’s New York Champagne Week, proudly standing alongside other major houses, representing the best that Champagne has to offer. On the back of its successful introduction to Champagne…
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Flute vs Coupe
Is it better to serve your Champagne, Prosecco and other sparkling wines in flutes or in coupes? Flutes seem to be the modern choice, but coupes have all the style and elegance of a bygone era. COUPE OR FLUTE? The Coupe is the first style of glassware made specifically for serving Champagne. As such, it…
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Exton Park English Sparkling Flies the Flag in Hong Kong
Exton Park Vineyard, the innovative English sparkling wine producer based on the prized chalk slopes of Hampshire’s South Downs, has once again scored a ‘first’ – as the only English producer to win awards in one of the most prestigious Far East competitions. Announced last week at the glittering Awards Dinner for the Cathay Pacific…
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Champagne AR Lenoble Christmas Packaging
Champagne AR Lenoble and their agent Flint Wines have made special holiday gift packaging available to UK retailers for this Christmas. Featuring an attractive design with an abstract bottle motif also suggestive of a Christmas tree, and with the AR Lenoble name emblazoned on the sides, these special edition festive gift boxes will really make…
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Sparkling Wine in a Can
More Wine has added the only can of wine in the UK, ‘Quello’ to its growing online portfolio. Quello is a naturally fermented sparkling white wine in a slim 200ml aluminum can. This format is lighter and more portable than glass, chills faster, plus is easy to crush and dispose of when empty. Quello is made…
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Interview with Lorenzo Palla on Using Only Indigenous Yeasts
Lorenzo Palla, the visionary producer of Asolo Prosecco DOCG, talks about his idea of using only indigenous yeasts, and how he came to this decision. How did you get the idea of using indigenous yeasts? “The project, aimed at improving perception of our wine, took off over 5 years ago when, supported by a cutting-edge…
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London Restaurant Giving Away 1,000 Bowls of Free Pasta & Prosecco
A London restaurant is giving away 1,000 bowls of free pasta with a glass of Prosecco next Friday. Pasta Remoli are moving their flagship restaurant in London’s Westfield Stratford City to a brand new location, so to celebrate they are giving away 1,000 plates of pasta on Friday 18 November with a glass of Prosecco. If…
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Champagne Lanson Gift Box for the Festive Season
Champagne Lanson has released its latest gift box in time for the festive season. Available in all major retail outlets, the design is intended to look like a present which has been wrapped with ribbon, the gift box is the perfect box solution. Featuring the ‘Lanson Cross’ at the heart of the design to highlight…
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Champagne Charles Heidsieck Releasing Limited Edition Jeroboam
For the first time in its 165-year history, Champagne Charles Heidsieck is releasing a Jeroboam of its much-celebrated flagship wine, the Brut Reserve NV. This gargantuan format, containing the equivalent of four standard bottles, epitomizes the maverick spirit of the house’s founder, better known as ‘Champagne Charlie’ thanks to his exploits travelling the world in…
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