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English Sparkling Wine Food Pairings
Enogastronomy = The Art Of Knowing How To Pair Wine With Food Making the connection between wine and food has for a long time been just a passion of wine and food lovers, but in recent years this art, or skill, for pairing wine with food has grown exponentially. Enogastronomy gained its popularity thanks to…
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Rhubarb and Almond Tart With Sparkling Wine
The Afternoon Tea, or its more substantial High Tea sibling with both sweet and savoury options, is a meal opportunity that cries out for sparkling wine. Just to be clear, I will happily drink sparkling wine with a toasted sandwich or a stick of baguette, I don’t need the whole extended spread as an excuse…
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Exploring Quebec – Canadian Sparkling Wine
The city of Quebec in Canada is steadily becoming a known destination for good-quality Sparkling Wines and Wine tourism. In this article, we’ll discuss a little about the region of Quebec, along with meeting and tasting three Sparkling Wines from the region. Quebec This is the wine region we’ll be exploring today, Quebec now has…
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Bartender Made Cocktails – French 99
This article is made in collaboration with AungThu Min, an amazing Mixologist in Dubai. The Cocktail that you are about to make is one of AungThu Min’s Signature Fizz Cocktails, which he makes at 99 Sushi Bar UAE, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Let’s Meet The Bartender! “I started working in the Hospitality Industry at…
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The World’s Best Sommelier of 2023 – Raimonds Tomsons
On 12 February 2023, Latvia’s Raimonds Tomsons was named winner of the ASI (Association de la Sommellerie Internationale) Best Sommelier of the World contest held at La Defense Arena, near Paris. It took him many years of very hard work to finally achieve his goal. A person from a country with just around 30 years…
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The Excellence of Salmon and Fizz
English Sparkling Wine and Scottish Salmon combining to deliver the people a wonderful flavour combination, quality smoked salmon with vintage English Bubbly, cut a few slices of cheese and a bit of bread, and you’ve got yourself a winner’s lunchtime meal, or go for something slightly unique, and place the salmon on a sheet of…
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Wine and Culture: How Wine Has Shaped Art and History
If there is one factor that has really influenced human history, then it has to be wine! Wine, booze, spirits, and alcohol have started wars, caused humankind to spread, and have built up a lot of empires and industries in the world. So here’s what you need to know about how wine has shaped art,…
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Interview With A Sommelier – Giuseppe Lavacca
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 article, I speak with a man who has helped many people to discover the vast world…
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Stéphane et Bénédicte Tissot – Biodynamic Vigneron’s of Jura, France
I should apologize to the youth reading these Glass of Bubbly blogs, for my long winded and free form articles appearing as self aggrandizing my memory. We need to go to the discotheque era to celebrate a brilliant British wine connoisseur André Simon and the way he helped chart the wine trade of the 19th…
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