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Pol Roger – Champagne buried alive yet survived
A recent discovery of Pol Roger Champagne was literally unearthed only recently when part of a past collapsed chalk cellar was dug out to reveal the pre 1900 bottles. The cellar was said to have collapsed back in 1900 and taken with it many barrels and bottles produced and stored at the time. The current cellar master Dominique…
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Supermarket Fizz: Part 3 Aldi’s Valentine’s Range 2018
Many millions of people across the UK will no doubt be celebrating in one way or another Valentine’s Day from that special romantic dinner to just about remembering, on your way back from the office, to by a bunch of flowers for that special lady in your life. So, in amongst the roses, the chocolates,…
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Sparkling Cocktails with Passion
Anyone interested in the history of cocktails should give some thought to the cautionary tale of the passiflora edulis, whose fruit we Anglo Saxons call ‘passion fruit’ because the historically correct Portuguese name frightens us: ‘maracuja’. As borrowed from the locals in Brazil, circa 1600, when the Ports were the first Europeans to come across…
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An Interview with Crémant d’Alsace – Gustave Lorentz
How important is it to be fully organic in today’s world of wine making? The first reason why we at Gustave Lorentz wanted to move organic was to produce a better wine harvesting less grapes, but with more personality/quality! In today’s’ world you have only a few markets which are really into organic wines and it…
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Vilarnau – Brut Reserva Non Vintage Gaudi – Silver Love or Hate
Congratulations to Vilarnau with their Brut Reserva Non Vintage Gaudi which received a silver medal at The World’s Finest Glass of Bubbly awards 2017. A panel of 36 top industry wine judges tasted all the entries for 2017 and were able to not only scores wines with medals, but also place them in to easy to understand…
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Anna de Codorniu – Blanc de Blancs Reserva – Silver Creamy
Congratulations to Anna de Codorniu with their Blanc de Blancs Reserva which received a Silver medal at The World’s Finest Glass of Bubbly awards 2017. A panel of 36 top industry wine judges tasted all the entries for 2017 and were able to not only scores wines with medals, but also place them in to easy…
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Fine Fizz fit for Festive Fun
Over the last year or so I have done a lot of travelling and visiting many of the top sparkling wine regions of the world from exploring the family producers of Georgia to guided tours of the fabulous sparkling wines produced here on home soil. What sticks in my mind when it comes to sparkling…
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What Champagne is and Why It’s Difficult to Separate from our Dining Table
Vacation is hard to separate from “popping” cork! Bottles of wine and Champagne are always waiting to be opened at a festive party. No matter how popular these two drinks are, many people today are finding it difficult to distinguish the two drinks. Of course there’s always a simple answer like that Champagne is the…
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Avoiding these 10 common wine buying techniques:
Do not judge a wine by its cover. Yes, we all do it I know, be it that book we have chosen at the library or picking the biggest wrapped present from the lucky dip – we are all influenced by packaging. Try not to though be too allured by a wine label design, sometimes it never…
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