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Why Champagne is the secret ingredient Pancake Day has been missing
With Pancake Day today, February 17, the Champagne Bureau UK has curated its top Pancake Day pairings with a range of Champagne styles. Thanks to its remarkable versatility, Champagne can lift texture, balance sweetness, and refresh the palate, making it the perfect pairing for all kinds of pancake toppings, transforming a familiar ritual into something…
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Pairing Champagne with Unlikely Foods
Unusual Champagne pairings go beyond oysters and brie, surprisingly matching bubbly with salty, fatty, or spicy foods like French fries/chips, fried chicken, guacamole, hot dogs, curry, and even chocolate cake, where the acidity and bubbles cut richness and complement spice, while rosé Champagne pairs with Asian dishes and demi-sec with sweet treats like panettone. Savoury…
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How Champagne Can Inspire Creativity in Everyday Life
Pop the cork and let the creativity flow! Champagne isn’t just for toasting at weddings or christening ships; it’s your bubbly muse for everyday brilliance. With each effervescent sip, it nudges you towards mindfulness, joy, and a celebration of the mundane, turning the ordinary into the extraordinary and encouraging a mindset of abundance and self-expression.…
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Champagne Pairings for Valentine’s Day
With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, which are the best hotels, bars, restaurants and afternoon teas for a romantic experience? The question is – what do these places all have in common? And the answer is Champagne. Champagne has a long-standing association with romance; in fact, it has been symbolic of romance since the 17th century,…
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The Art of Champagne Sabering: A Celebration Uncorked
Behold the art of Champagne sabering, or sabrage—a spectacle of grandeur and celebration! This audacious technique of opening a bottle of sparkling wine with a swift strike of a blade is a ritual steeped in history, echoing the gallant spirit of the Napoleonic era. History and Tradition In the early 19th century, this tradition surged…
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7 Modern Twists on Timeless Champagne Cocktails
When you open a bottle of Champagne, it usually means something is being marked. It might be a celebration, or simply an evening where you want things to feel a little more considered. Champagne cocktails have always fitted naturally into those moments, offering a familiar way to enjoy bubbles with a personal touch. For many…
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The evolving world of Champagne and sparkling wine culture in the UK: trends, tasting experiences, and how enthusiasts explore bubbles beyond the bottle
For a long time, the UK treated sparkling wine as something ceremonial. A bottle appeared at weddings. Another one came out at midnight on 31 December. Restaurants placed Champagne on wine lists as shorthand for celebration. It felt formal, predictable, and slightly distant. That distance has narrowed. Over the past fifteen years, British drinkers have…
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Can you pair Champagne & Chocolate?
What might have been a confrontational question several years back within the industry, one to spark a heated debate, today the subject is very approachable. Even Champagne Laurent-Perrier find themselves tackling the subject: ‘Ten years ago, who would have imagined pairing Champagne with chocolate?‘ For consumers, Champagne (and sparkling wine) with chocolate have long been…
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Inside Vincent Couche’s World: Discovering the Soul of Champagne, Beyond Luxury
Amid Champagne’s historic estates and centuries of tradition, Vincent Couche has charted a daringly different course. An independent grower, a pioneer of biodynamic viticulture, and a steward of living soils, he is a winemaker uncompromising in his pursuit of purity, quality, and soul. Vincent Couche discovered the vineyards and the secrets of their soils at…
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