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What does the perfect glass of Prosecco look like?
Most of us could probably answer that one! For me, it has always been bubbles throughout the glass and a layer of mousse (the foamy bit on top after pouring a glass in case you’re wondering) residing on the top. However, I have been interested in what the ‘perfect glass of Prosecco’ should look like…
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Enjoy Bubbly this Christmas with Aldi
Celebrate the festive season with Aldi’s Veuve Monsigny Champagne Brut. A bestseller and highly acclaimed award-winner from the small, consistently excellent Champagne house Philizot & Fils, run by husband and wife duo Stéphane and Virginie Philizot. Enjoy an intense nose of baked apple, brioche and stone fruits and relish in gorgeous flavours of apples, red…
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Exton Park has ‘Heart of Chalk & Stainless ‘Steel Resolve’
At the heart of Exton Park lie two key components – the prized chalk terroir that imparts a unique, mineral character to the grapes and the policy of focussing on non-vintage wines that are backed by a growing ‘library’ of reserve wines from different plots and years. Both have had the spotlight shone on them…
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Hotel Arts Barcelona Launches New Winery Tours
Hotel Arts Barcelona have launched a new series of tours, tastings and winemaking sessions for bubbly-loving visitors to Catalonia’s Penedès Region, where over 95% of all Cava is produced just an hour’s drive from the city. The hotel’s Harvest Package includes a trip to the 40-hectare Mas Comtal organic vineyard, where guests will learn about…
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How to Easily Identify Good Champagne
I am sure that many will say that all Champagne is good. Who can ever refuse a glass of bubbly and who would dare say that such a prestigious wine could ever be bad, but just like most things in life, from clothing to cars, from holidays to watches, there are many types and many…
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First Mobile Champagne & Prosecco Bar for Northern Ireland
A Northern Irish entrepreneur has set up the region’s first mobile Champagne and Prosecco bar. Communications manager Alex Megarry had the idea for Bubbly Bar after she came across a mobile Champagne bar at the Burghley Horse Trials in Lincolnshire last year. She was looking to start a new venture as she is getting married…
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New Beginners’ Wine Guide Helps Schools in Sierra Leone
Wine entrepreneur Jerry Lockspeiser is to publish a new beginners’ wine guide, called YOUR WINE QUESTIONS ANSWERED: The 25 things wine drinkers most want to know, with 100% of its profits being used to build primary schools in Sierra Leone. The guide features a chapter that answers the question: ‘What is the difference between Champagne…
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Are you Happy to be Called Champagne?
I know that many, especially within the wine industry itself, will know very well that not all sparkling wines are Champagne. The Champagne Bureau themselves see it as a large part of their duty to continue educating the world on how the word Champagne can and should be used and this is not confined to…
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5 Great Value Bubblies for A Level Result Celebrations
On Thursday 18th August, students up and down the country will be finding out how they did in their A Level exams. For some, their results will be their passport to university, be it one they set their sights on months or even years ago, or one they’re entering through Clearing. For others, their results…
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