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Dom Pérignon Champagne 2010
There’s sparkling wine. There’s Champagne. And then, as far as I’m concerned, there is Dom Pérignon. Sparkling wine is simply wine that contains bubbles of carbon dioxide gas. There are four methods of infusing the wine with bubbles, which I won’t bother with here and fizzy wine is made around the world. ‘Champagne’ has for…
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Champagne Gardet advises on Vintage Rosé / Saignée Rosé
Many lovers of Champagne will be particularly interested in vintage labels and there are certainly many options to choose from. ‘How about rosé Champagne though?‘ we ask, surely we are preferring a more fresh (red berry) fruity expression over any deep, complex, toasty character? Though there might be a commonly used phrase in the wine…
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Interview With The Founder of Charles Palmer Vineyards
There is no denying that English Sparkling Wine is on the rise, becoming an undeniable contender to Champagne, and although it still has some way to go in convincing the rest of the world, to the English, it’s becoming a fan favourite and a go-to Glass of Bubbly, it’s quality is improving with each year…
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Discover Ancre Hill Estates in Wales
To adopt newly hip and au courant Biodynamic grape growing philosophies in the 1970’s, required planned commitments and long term strategies: new owners of Ancre Hill Estate vineyards Richard & Joy Morris, from the purchased fallow vineyards in the Wye Valley rain shadows, needed to embrace a drier growing climate, and the Ancre Hill Estate…
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Grower Champagne, Y’all! Spreading the Joy in the Deep South
December 1, 2022, Woodland Wine Merchant in Nashville, Tennessee, invited Henri Gabriel, owner of Advintage Distributing, to showcase a few of his grower Champagnes (lineup posted at the end.) We were on our way to the Ryman Theater that night, so we stopped in and we are so happy we did. Henri, a Champagne aficionado…
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Why are you Ignoring Portuguese Bubbly?
The country’s traditional-method sparkling wines are an open secret to the locals. Here’s what you need to know to join the party… The fun, fresh, lightly effervescent and highly gulpable Vinho Verde style with which most are familiar is all fine and good. We’ll briefly address it here—and I expect we’ve all shamelessly sloshed back…
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The New Grower on the Block: Champagne Manon Boutillez-Guer
Daughter of winemakers in the village of Villers-Marmery, Manon Boutillez-Guer initially trained to become a nurse. After several years of working in Emergency Response, in 2018 she decided to go back to school to study winemaking in Avize and launched her first micro cuvees in 2020. In 2021 she was selected as the winner of…
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Adding a Sprinkle of Magic to your Holiday Season
If I had to pick a special period throughout the year to write some sentimental lines to the ones I truly care about, it would be, without any doubt, Christmas time. Maybe this is because of the magical atmosphere that surrounds every place due to the twinkling lights and festive firs embellished with glass baubles.…
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The King Maker Cocktail
Every once in a while someone comes along who’s been chosen by the grace of God to guide people, a King to rule the lands, that King is about to be chosen. A special King Maker Elixir has been crafted from the most divine among the realm, but its contents have been lost in the…
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