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Kalin Cellars – The Story Of Excellence

By Peter Birmingham / 2nd March 2023

“Produce No Wine With Less Character than Yourself” – The Kalin Credo Kalin Cellars is a winery in California’s bedroom community of Novato, Marin County just north of San Francisco. In 1986, when I first learned of Terrance Leighton’s Kalin Cellars winery recommended by the Winewrights newsletter (an analogue newsletter from postal days when deliveries…

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Interview With A Sommelier – Marcello Colletti

By Oliver Walkey / 1st March 2023

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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Uncorked: Differentiating Sparkling Wines of the World

By Kendal Koorenny / 28th February 2023

Pop, fizz, clink! You have a celebration approaching, and you need a bottle of bubbles to celebrate. But what wine should you buy? And when you are in the store staring at the array of wines on the shelves, what is the difference between the many types of sparkling wine? Here is your guide to…

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Interview With The Founder of Charles Palmer Vineyards

By Oliver Walkey / 24th February 2023

There is no denying that English Sparkling Wine is on the rise, becoming an undeniable contender to Champagne, and although it still has some way to go in convincing the rest of the world, to the English, it’s becoming a fan favourite and a go-to Glass of Bubbly, it’s quality is improving with each year…

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Interview With A Sommelier – Simone Vergamini

By Oliver Walkey / 22nd February 2023

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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The Duke Cocktail

By Oliver Walkey / 21st February 2023

For more than 140 years, the statue of the Duke of Wellington and his faithful steed Copenhagen stood in time as just another Glasgow monument, but after looking over the Royal Exchange Square peacefully since 1844, a traffic cone suddenly and mysteriously started appearing on his noble napper in the mid-1980s. As fast as the…

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Maximum Cocktail

By Oliver Walkey / 20th February 2023

Take It To The Maximum, never live life on the down low, on the sidelines, or in the background, Take It To The Maximum, scale up, take it to the edge, try, fail and try again, never lose yourself and enjoy the finest things that life has to offer, Take It To The Maximum with…

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The Fashion of Sparkling Wine

By Oliver Walkey / 17th February 2023

The Fashion Industry was valued at $1.7 trillion in 2022, with the American people spending around $473.42 billion on clothes alone, the UK spent just under £55 billion, other than a dip in 2020, the Fashion Industry is on a rise, the people of this world love to be dressed in stylish clothes, to be…

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Climate Change is Challenging the Quality of Many Traditional Method Sparkling Wines

By Janne Hallinan DipWSET / 15th February 2023

Climate change is challenging the quality of many traditional method sparkling wines. What could this mean for the taste of our celebratory glass of bubbles? Let’s take a deep dive into two regions, historic Champagne, and new kid on the block England, to find out. One of the key climate challenges facing Champagne in maintaining…

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