Christopher Walkey
All that glitters might just be gold with Adéle Cuvée
We see more and more sparkling wine bottles designed with tiny crystals added for decoration, some of these may be a lot less complicated than others – There are now many smaller companies that offer the service to decorate bottles especially for you, send them your Dom Perignon vintage magnum and within a couple of…
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What is the difference between Champagne and other Sparkling Wines?
When it comes to bubbles in your wine then the name which stands out most for many would undoubtedly be Champagne. Though world famous and drunk by millions globally every day, Champagne is a very exclusive style of wine that is only produced from a classified region of France totalling just 34,000 or so hectares.…
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Prosecco and Pasta
It’s an easy combination, not much in preparation time and neither in costs, simple and easy to do that we can all do this pairing at home without thinking – It’s Prosecco and pasta. Pasta, dating back to 1271, if the discovery in the XIII Century by Marco Polo is to be believed, which then…
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An English Sparkling Wine list to admire at Ockenden Manor
As soon as you enter the luxury country spa hotel in Sussex, Ockenden Manor, you will receive that re-assuring warm greeting from the staff, the smell from a roaring log fire burning away in the reception area and you soon start feeling the relaxing ambience soothing your mind and body… You have found a place…
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Bolney Wine Estate release their 2018 still vintages
Bolney Wine Estate are a fine example of a winery of England that has the long and proud history, the most engaging and welcoming winery for tourists and locals with frequent events and of course amazing and award winning wines from their sparkling to their stills. A pioneer of the industry with five decades of…
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Champagne & Sparkling Wine at The Derby
Fine dining and fizz run hand in hand with many major sporting events offering people the chance to enjoy a memorable sporting occasion whilst popping a bottle or two of bubbly. As a wine that very much signifies success and winning, Champagne is the perfect wine to enjoy if you can end your day by…
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Crémant; An expression of France
Though in the shadow of the country’s most famous wine region, Champagne, there is still so very much to celebrate for France’s somewhat forgotten sparkling wine region of Crémant. Boasting over 10,000 hectares of vineyards and set out within varied regions of rich land across the country so to give a diversity in flavours, Crémant…
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Raspberry Collins Cocktail Recipe with Caorunn Gin
An ideal cocktail for the summer in the raspberry Collins cocktail that takes a combination of gin, raspberries, lemon and for our tasting, some sparkling wine. An easy to make fizzy cocktail that is ideal for the warm sunny days relaxing in the garden. Ingredients: Caorunn Scottish raspberry gin Lemon Juice Chambord (only if a…
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Seven Shades of Rosé
Many people love the idea of rosé Champagne and sparkling wines, it has that certain romantic edge over standard bruts or even vintages, usually costing that little bit more with many labels famous for their pink bubbly such as Champagnes labels Laurent Perrier’s cuvée rose and Ruinart’s rosé. How do you make rosé wines? For…
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