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Champagne facts about bubbles
Many of us love the thought of enjoying a glass of Champagne and it is a globally loved product with millions of bottles being sold every year. How much do you actually know about Champagne though? Here are some fun and interesting facts about Champagne, how to impress your friends quotes when you are ordering…
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Champagne flute or coupe?
Champagne for many people is a special wine to enjoy so will usually require a little more thought to what you should drink it from, in most occasions the decision will be between a flute or a coupe. Which design is better for consumer enjoyment and which glass is best for aroma / flavour experience?…
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Champagne Grapes
The most important ingredient of any wine is the grape! Each wine region will be famous of their harvest of grapes with specific varieties performing better in some regions over others. Within the Champagne region their are three main grapes that are relatively well known and will be in the ingredients of nearly every bottle…
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Champagne Lanson
A famous Champagne brand and holding one of the longest histories, Champagne Lanson boasts a wide selection of awards and achievements to include holding a Royal Warrant given by Queen Victoria as an official supplier to the Court of England which they have retained ever since. Founded back in 1760 by Francois Delamotte, Champagne Lanson…
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Champagne Bottle Sizes
They say at Christening’s the champagne bottle should be bigger than the baby! It is said that the European average weight of new born babies is 7.7 lb with the range of normal between 5.5 lb and 9.9 lb. This tells us that we need a magnum of Champagne to celebrate the birth of a…
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Kelsey Phelps Talks SEPPI Craft Wines
Her grandfather was an iconic figure in Napa Valley wine history. Kelsey Phelps is taking her family’s legacy forward on a slightly different path. Joseph Phelps founded his eponymous vineyard and winery in the early Seventies after running a successful construction company for years. He brought leadership and vision to the blossoming Napa Valley wine…
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Understanding Pinot Meunier
A long time ago, one of my WSET teachers told me that wine was about mood. How much you enjoyed a wine, he said, depended on the context in which you were drinking it. This might explain why the last rosé I enjoyed was before the Millennium, when I shared a bottle on a hotel…
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Life Is Sparkling At Haliotide Wines
They are California sparkling wines made with a hyperfocus. In a sense Haliotide Wines brings Nicole Bertotti Pope back to her wine beginnings. She began her career at Domaine Carneros in Napa making sparkling wine before establishing herself as a premier cool climate winemaker on the San Luis Obispo Coast. Husband Luke Pope has made…
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Interview With A Sommelier – Roksolana Kolodii
The World of Wine is beautifully showcased by an army of talented Sommeliers, who help the consumer discover their next favourite bottle, understand the different regions and pair a delicious meal with the right Glass of Bubbly. In this feature, I speak with a lady from Ukraine working at The Dorchester in London, England, who…
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