Christopher Walkey

Camel Valley Rose and Cornish Pasty

A Touch of Cornish

By Christopher Walkey / 10th January 2020

During my university years I used to live in Devon and next to the popular, and thanks to Fawlty Towers, now world famous English Riviera town of Torquay. Where my teenage years were spent was a bedroom sat just a few hundred metres away from the beaches in Paignton and nearly 200 miles west of…

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Rose Slovenian sparkling wines

10 Shades of Rosé Slovenian Sparkling Wines

By Christopher Walkey / 8th January 2020

We hold many wine tastings for those consumers who are intrigued to know that little bit more about sparkling wines and one of the most popular facts that surprise many starting off their journey of wine education is that black grapes do not contain red grape juice and that white wines can be produced from…

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English Sparkling Wine with Pie and Mash

English Sparkling Wine with Pie & Mash

By Christopher Walkey / 6th January 2020

Coming from East London myself I am very familiar with pie and mash, I have visited many times varied shops selling this quite basic yet globally famous dish. History of Pie & Mash The east end of London was generally seen as the working class and cheaper area of the capital mostly down to the…

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Co op Cava Irresistible

Supermarket Fizz: Part 5 Cava ‘Irresistible’

By Christopher Walkey / 3rd January 2020

“Co-op Group is the UK’s largest mutual business, owned by millions of UK consumers.” When it comes to finding some decent wine within UK supermarkets there is plenty of choice to indulge in. Many supermarkets that are household names now stock quite in-depth wine lists and especially visible within the larger stores – A lot…

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Austrian foods and Austria sparkling wines

Typical Austrian Food & Fizz

By Christopher Walkey / 2nd January 2020

Having recently, quite literally, popped over to Austria thanks to an invitation to the Slovenian winery Radgonske gorice, I simply had to indulge in some fine ‘hearty’ Austrian cuisine whilst I was there. Austria is landlocked with eight countries bordering it (hard for me to imagine as I now live with sea views from my…

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Champagne Hub and Food Pairing

Food Pairings with Online Orders from Champagne Hub

By Christopher Walkey / 31st December 2019

The beauty of Champagne is that is both a great wine to drink and equally impressive when paired with foods. Without doubt the popularity of pairing Champagne with food has grown and expanded without fear so we are much more accepting to and agreeing with titles such as ‘Pairing Champagne with Fish & Chips‘ and…

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Christmas Dinner

The best wine for your Turkey Dinner

By Christopher Walkey / 23rd December 2019

To be honest, if you have a nice wine on your table, whatever the style and you are blessed to be enjoying a nice turkey dinner then what more can you ask for? Though, if we really want to take things that bit further and have time and a small budget to select a perfect…

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Halfpenny Green Vintage Brut 2017

2017 Halfpenny Green Brut from Threshers

By Christopher Walkey / 20th December 2019

It may surprise many and indeed raise an eyebrow or two if I mention that some fine English sparkling wine is being produced up near Wolverhampton. It is usually the south of England that has claimed the fame of holding the vines that are producing the best English wines and fizz, but the fine wine…

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Homemade Champagne & Prosecco Biscuits

By Christopher Walkey / 17th December 2019

These are great party foods and will delight both hungry and fizzy loving friends and family – Champagne & Prosecco homemade biscuits. If you have a splash or two of your bottle of bubbly to spare then why not get baking and serve up some easy to make biscuits in the shape of fizzy wine…

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