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The House of Champagne Mercier

The House of Champagne Mercier

By Glass of Bubbly / 7th January 2015

Champagne Mercier is located in Epernay in the heart of France’s Champagne country. It was founded in 1858 by Eugène Mercier when he was just 20 years of age during the reign of Napoleon III, a period of thriving economic prosperity. Eugène Mercier had originally bought up some land on the Avenue de Champagne, then…

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Champagne Mercier Private Receptions

Champagne Mercier Private Receptions

By Glass of Bubbly / 7th January 2015

The Maison Mercier offers a private venue to hold prestigious receptions. The Bacchus Cellar Deep in the cellars and located 30 metres underground , the Bacchus Cellar features majestic proportions including two sculptures that stand 15 metres high carved in the chalk walls by the sculptor Gustave Navlet. Capacity : from 24 to 200 people…

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The Champagne Hangover

By Glass of Bubbly / 6th January 2015

We’ve all been there – for many it may have only been a matter of days ago as the festive period came to an end. The dreaded hangover after a fun, bubbly-filled evening. As we get older we tend to handle the aftermath a lot better, but the feeling can still linger. Does it seem…

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Champagne outsold semi-skimmed milk at Lidl this Christmas!

Champagne outsold semi-skimmed milk at Lidl this Christmas!

By Glass of Bubbly / 5th January 2015

This Christmas, the best-selling item at Lidl, even knocking semi-skimmed milk off the top spot was the Comte De Senneval Champagne, priced at £11.99. This high volume of Champagne sales has helped to make it the most successful Christmas on record for Lidl, with year-on-year sales rising by more than 20 per cent. The supermarket chain…

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£18 for 2 courses and a glass of Champagne at Mews of Mayfair

£18 for 2 courses and a glass of Champagne at Mews of Mayfair

By Glass of Bubbly / 5th January 2015

Escape the hustle and bustle at this timelessly styled, quintessentially British restaurant tucked away in the beautifully historic Lancashire Court, just off New Bond Street. Mews of Mayfair invites you to step into its Brasserie to enjoy two courses of some of the most delicious British cuisine around, as well as a glass of Champagne…

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48 Champagne Bottles Sabred in 1 minute - New World Record!

48 Champagne Bottles Sabred in 1 minute – New World Record!

By Glass of Bubbly / 2nd January 2015

On New Years Eve, Frank Esposito, manager of Coral House in Baldwin, New York, set the new Guiness World record for the most Champagne bottles sabred in 60 seconds. Sabring is a technique used to open Champagne bottles using a sword called a sabre. It is usually performed at events and ceremonies. His score of…

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Champagne Afternoon Tea

By Glass of Bubbly Content / 2nd January 2015

Afternoon tea has been a British tradition for over 150 years. It was first introduced in England by Anna, the seventh Duchess of Bedford, in the year 1840. Evening meals were generally served around 8-9pm and The Duchess would become hungry around four o’clock in the afternoon so she would ask for a tray of tea,…

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Champagne Comtesse de Massy Brut Empire

Champagne Comtesse de Massy Brut Empire

By Glass of Bubbly / 29th December 2014

Comtesse de Massy is a collaboraton between Francois Lavergne and Jean Milan. “An old style Champagne from ancestral tradition” This authentic traditional Champagne is a blend of a majority of barrel fermented Chardonnay reserved wines. Extended ageing on lees has allowed the wine to develop deel and rich flavours with aromas of almond, vanila and…

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Champagne F. Cuchet-Cez Reserve Brut

Champagne F. Cuchet-Cez Reserve Brut

By Glass of Bubbly / 26th December 2014

Visual Aspect It is a wine which suggests big attention all over the yellow dress straw and its bubbles of a big delicacy. Of a remarkable specific gravity, these bubbles form fine rosaries enlivening the inside of the glass so by a shifty and uninterrupted dance. Aspect of smell First lemon-flavoured with some naunces of…

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