Glass of Bubbly
André de Villeneuve Rosé Grand Cru – Voted Best in the World for 2022
The finale of the sixth annual Glass of Bubbly Awards took place on Regent Street, London just recently at San Carlo’s restaurant with guests arriving internationally for the evening dinner and trophy announcements. 20 hand made trophies were given out including the Slow Food UK Sustainability Trophy and the World’s Finest Carynx. Things were all…
50 Shades of (Sparkling) Rosé Awards for 2022
We celebrate the wonders of rosé sparkling wine annually at Glass of Bubbly by the ‘50 Shades of Rosé‘ tasting and awards – A selection of the finest rosé sparkling wines that entered the previous years Glass of Bubbly Awards get to take part in these unique awards that happen ‘chez nous’. If you would…
Glass of Bubbly Show – Champagne & Sparkling Wine Trade & Press Tasting
London’s biggest and best Champagne & Sparkling Wine Trade & Press Tasting It’s time!! Glass of Bubbly Show 2022 at The Savoy Hotel! We are pleased to announce that the Glass of Bubbly Show will take place on April 5th (10am – 4pm) at the amazing Savoy Hotel in London. Join us and discover amazing…
How to become a Wine Journalist
Whenever someone new that I meet gets round to asking me what I do for work I usually always get the same reply from them – ‘you get paid to drink and write about wine, really?‘. It is fair to say that this is an accurate job description for most wine journalists from those that…
English Fizz is Named The Best in the World!
London’s Champagne and Sparkling Wine Awards took place in September with a host of international wine judges who blinded tasted their way through countless bottles of bubbly with the highest scoring being that of a small winery from Mayfield in Sussex. Yes, sometimes, it is not always the expected big names that win! Each year…
Place, grape, colour, style or producer? How do you choose your wine?
Many people will choose a wine from a previous experience in that what we liked before we will like once again. Sometimes it is force of habit such as those in the USA will usually go for grape varieties whereas in Europe we are more likely to opt for a region such as Bordeaux or…
50 Shades of Rosé Sparkling Wine Awards 2021 Results
The second year of our ‘50 Shades of Rosé‘ awards and we were very pleased to welcome some top judges to join us by the sea as we tasted and scored 57 x rosé sparkling wines* (all from the 2020 Glass of Bubbly Awards). Judges were: Patricia Stefanowicz MW Abbie Bennington DipWSET Kirsty Woodgate DipWSET…
Stefania Ruffo – Brand Ambassador Italy
We are pleased to welcome Stefania Ruffo as our brand ambassador for Italy. A long term friend, writer and co-author with us, Stefania, who is based in Italy and is a busy wine tutor and journalist, will be focusing on Italian Sparkling Wines for Glass of Bubbly. “Our vision is to show both the diversity…
International Wine Professionals announce the 2020 Glass of Bubbly Trophies
As we approach November we are still very much reminded what a difficult year it has been already in 2020 and for many those dark clouds still very much are hanging over us. The wine sector along with the hospitality sector and many business sectors connected have been hit not only with natural disasters from…