Christopher Walkey

Queena Wong Glass of Bubbly Sparkling Wine Influencer 2024

Glass of Bubbly Awards Sparkling Wine Influencer 2024 – Queena Wong

By Christopher Walkey / 30th October 2024

The sparkling wine industry is vast and varied and contains a whole host of people globally helping it to get from the vine to the final destination, the glass of bubbly in the hand of the consumer. In between these two essentials are thousands if not millions of fine ladies and gentlemen working with great…

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Significant Contribution to World of Sparkling Wine 2024 – Flavio Geretto

By Christopher Walkey / 25th October 2024

London was the location and Searcys St. Pancras was the venue for the 2024 Glass of Bubbly Awards for Champagne & Sparkling Wine. Top international sparkling wine producers and representatives descended upon the capital to discover who were to take home some of the most desired and quirky consumer focused trophies in the wine industry…

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Glass of Bubbly Awards Photo 2024 London

An English Winery is Named the Best Sparkling Wine in the World for 2024!

By Christopher Walkey / 24th October 2024

London was the location and the famous Searcys St Pancras was the venue for the 2024 Glass of Bubbly Champagne & Sparkling Wine Awards. Now in its eighth year, and following two days of judging 100’s of sparkling wine labels from across the globe, the Glass of Bubbly Awards judging panel decided upon which wines…

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Weekend Breaks: Trento – Northern Italy

By Christopher Walkey / 10th October 2024

For those of us seeking a fine European destination that is full of wine tourism delights, shopping, culture, fine foods, action/adventure, architecture, relaxation and more then Trento needs to be a consideration. Located in the Northern part of Italy with train and flight connections (Veneto), if you are looking for either an action packed few…

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Searcys to host the 2024 Glass of Bubbly Awards

Significant Contribution to the World of Champagne & Sparkling Wine – 2024 entries now open

By Christopher Walkey / 28th July 2024

We are very happy to re-introduce the ‘Significant Contribution to the World of Champagne & Sparkling Wine‘ that was initially won by Michael Edwards the respected wine author and journalist and Honorary Judge of the Glass of Bubbly Awards.   We are inviting entries to the 2024 ‘Significant Contribution to the World of Champagne &…

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Sardinia Sardegna Sparkling Coral Wine

Sparkling Delights of Northern Sardinia

By Christopher Walkey / 15th July 2024

“I’ve heard of Sardinia though I’m not quite sure where it is” was the usual statement I heard upon my return from a week away in Sardinia. So let’s tidy this up straight away and elaborate on things with some interesting fact about Sardinia / Sardegna: It’s 2nd largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (Sicily…

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Searcys English Sparkling Wine Summer 2024

Searcys Launches New Own Brand English Sparkling Wine

By Christopher Walkey / 25th June 2024

Searcys, Great Britain’s oldest caterer, has unveiled its new English Sparkling Wine. English wine is fast becoming the nation’s favourite tipples, with vineyards increasing massively over the past five years, and now Great Britain proudly boasts nearly 1,000 vineyards and counting. Launched on 17th June, their premium English vintage is available at all Searcys venues…

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Searcys to host the 2024 Glass of Bubbly Awards

Searcys to host the 2024 London Champagne & Sparkling Wine Awards

By Christopher Walkey / 25th June 2024

We are pleased to announce that the Glass of Bubbly Champagne & Sparkling Wine Awards 2024 judging and awards dinner will be hosted by Searcys – Part of London’s hospitality scene for over 175 years, Searcys is an award-winning restaurateur and events caterer in residence at unique and historical venues across the UK. “This partnership…

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Vivat Bacchus

Vivat Bacchus Farringdon – South African Wine & Food

By Christopher Walkey / 20th June 2024

Facing a busy part of London, located on a busy street yet once you’ve walked in through the entrance the harmonised atmosphere greets you as do the friendly staff which then busy becomes a distant memory. As part of our continued tour of London seeking out fine sparkling wine and dining locations, we were asked…

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