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Pommery to Enter English Sparkling Wine Market
Champagne Pommery will be working with English producers to create a sparkling wine that should be on sale by 2019. Thierry Gasco, Pommery’s chef de cave, will be selecting English grapes and working with the award-winning winemaker Emma Rice at the Hattingley Valley winery in Hampshire. They have also kept their options open for planting vineyards…
Read MoreThe Perfect Start to Summer 2016 with Champagne Lanson
The tradition of Champagne Lanson’s exclusive sponsorship of the summer’s key sporting and social calendars has been confirmed for 2016. Champagne Lanson will also be celebrating the continued growth of its Champagne Lanson Rose Label Brut Rosé NV – the UK’s No.1 Rosé by value and volume (Nielsen data) – which will feature prominently in…
Read MoreWin a Bottle of Roger-Constant Lemaire Cuvée Trianon Champagne (NOW CLOSED)
Champagne Cuvée Trianon is a multi award winning flagship cuvée of the Lemaire House. It is a blend of 60% Pinot Noir and 40% Chardonnay, has an elegant mousse, rich, toasty and full bodied, balanced with a beautiful finish. www.rclchampagne.co.uk To Enter: Follow @glassofbubbly and @rclemaireuk on Twitter, then tweet us ‘I’d like to win a bottle of…
Read MoreCelebrity Interview: Bob Champion MBE
Bob is an English former jump jockey who won the 1981 Grand National on Aldaniti. His triumph was made into a film called Champions, with John Hurt portraying him. The film is based on Bob’s book Champions Story, which he wrote with close friend, racing journalist and broadcaster Jonathan Powell. In 2002 he was chosen…
Read MoreDiscovering Champagne Duval-Leroy
A very welcomed and eagerly anticipated invitation to visit Vertus and the Duval-Leroy Champagne brand was received by Glass of Bubbly and what an educational tour and tasting of superb wines and food it was. Duval-Leroy brand is really a testament to turning tragedy in to success where the story of Carol Duval-Leroy (Chairman &…
Read MoreWin a Case of Shorn Bubbly (NOW CLOSED)
Win a case of Shorn bubbly from New Zealand, the perfect addition to any celebration. Prize consists of 6 bottles of Shorn made from New Zealand Pinot Grigio grapes. To Enter: Follow @glassofbubbly and @shornwines on Twitter, then tweet us ‘I’d like to win a case of Shorn’ or email ‘I’d like to win a case of Shorn’ to info@glassofbubbly.com…
Read MoreNyetimber Releases Tillington Single Vineyard 2010
Nyetimber has launched its second Tillington Single Vineyard vintage. Made from a blend of 78% Pinot Noir and 22% Chardonnay, Tillington is the first Single Vineyard sparkling wine from England with all grapes specially selected from a single vineyard site and underlines the producer’s uncompromising attention to detail and flavour. Only 4,117 bottles of the…
Read MoreStrong Potential for Tasmanian Sparkling Wine in UK
The future for Tasmanian wine in the UK looks bright, trade representatives have said following a Tasmanian wine tasting in London. Wine Tasmania, supported by Wine Australia, hosted a trade and press master class for more than 50 guests at Australia House on Thursday. Presented by Michael Hill-Smith MW, co-owner of Tasmania’s Tolpuddle Vineyard, the…
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