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Epernay Champagne Bar Leeds

Epernay Champagne Bar Leeds

By Glass of Bubbly / 26th January 2014

There are two Epernay Champagne bars in the UK, one in Leeds, the other in Manchester. Leeds opened five years ago in the heart of the city centre at The Electric Press with an extensive selection of Champagne, comprising rare and exclusive bottles from more than 21 Champagne houses, ranging from larger established names, to small independent…

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Fifth Floor Champagne Bar Harvey Nichols

Fifth Floor Champagne Bar Harvey Nichols

By Glass of Bubbly / 22nd January 2014

The Fifth Floor Champagne Bar is inspired by Emile Galle’s iconic 1902 anemone design for the Cuvee Belle Epoque Champagne bottle. Based on the fifth floor of the glamorous Knightsbridge department store, Harvey Nichols, the bar is the work of top designer Shaun Clarkson, decorated in a palette of pastel colours. There are photographic prints…

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Searcys Champagne Bar St Pancreas

Searcys Champagne Bar St Pancreas

By Glass of Bubbly / 20th January 2014

Imagine 1,372 Champagne flutes lined up side by side and you have some idea of exactly how vast Europe’s longest Champagne bar at St Pancras International actually is. The 98 meter space housing the St Pancras Grand Champagne Bar is breath-taking thanks to its location which allows a panoramic view of the entire terminal whilst…

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Champagne Henriot 1990 Vintage

Henriot Champagne

By Glass of Bubbly / 20th January 2014

It was in 1808, under Apolline Henriot, that Champagne Henriot was officially founded. She was the niece of the very famous Abbe Godinot, who contributed to improvements in viticulture and the making of the Champagne wine. Apolline, an enterprising woman of great character, sold her wines both in France and abroad. The champagne wines became a…

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Tsarine Champagne

By Glass of Bubbly / 16th January 2014

Tsarine is the prestige cuvée from Champagne House Chanoine Freres, the second oldest Champagne house. It was founded by brothers Jacques-Louis and Jean-Baptiste Chanoine in 1730. Champagne of the Tsars, Tsarine was created in honour of Tsarist Russia (the No.1 export market in the 19th Century). The attractive and unique bottle was inspired by the…

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Ruinart Champagne

By Glass of Bubbly / 15th January 2014

Ruinart is the oldest established Champagne house, exclusively producing Champagne since 1729. Founded by Nicolas Ruinart in the city of Reims. he realised the ambitions of his uncle, Dom Thierry Ruinart: to make Ruinart an authentic Champagne House. In the period immediately following the 1728 edict of Louis XV, which authorized the transport of wine in bottles,…

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Champagne At War

By Glass of Bubbly / 15th January 2014

For many, Champagne still remains an unaffordable luxury even to this day. Bearing this in mind, it is quite remarkable that with one of the most harrowing conflicts raging all around them, the Champagne growers of the early twentieth century did not just cease to produce – they excelled. As we look back on the…

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Nicolas Feuillatte Champagne

By Glass of Bubbly / 15th January 2014

Nicolas Feuillatte created his brand in 1976 after inheriting a vineyard near Reims, the Domaine de Bouleuse. In 1986 it was purchased by the Centre Vinicole de la Champagne. The Centre Vinicole -Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte (CV-CNF) is the oldest union of producers of champagne. It comprises 82 winemaking cooperatives representing more than 5,000 vineyards. Grapes…

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Champagne Pol Roger

By Glass of Bubbly / 13th January 2014

Champagne Pol Roger was founded in 1849 in Epernay and now owns 87 hectares of vineyards on prime sites in the Vallee d’Epernay and on the Cote des Blancs – They produce around 110,000 cases of Champagne annually. The brand is still owned and run by the descendants of Pol Roger. Its cellars run for…

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