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Spring Fling Sparkling Wines
Spring is here and the flowers are blooming, it’s a great time to enjoy a glass of Sparkling Wine, especially one that won a Gold Medal in the Spring Fling category at The World’s Finest Glass of Bubbly Awards 2020. This year Spring started on Saturday the 20th of March and it will end on…
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The German Sekt
From inexpensive wine to luxurious consumer good Over many decades Sekt was nothing more than a bland sparkling wine produced with imported base wines. It took visionaries and enthusiasts to bring German Sekt on par with the best sparkling wines in the world. Sparkling wines (in German: Schaumweine) have a long tradition in Germany. At…
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In the heart of the Goriška Brda: Bjana Winery
“The rolling hills, the many remote, untouched villages and their communities, the blanket of vineyards over the lush green land… Goriška Brda.” The Slovenian wine scene is a very exciting one for me. Most of this bubbling up energy for their wines I have is because so few others are familiar with them which enables…
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Famous Authors Wine Quotes
Sparkling Wine is something that has no barriers, it can heal friendships, create new ones, it brings people together even though you might be able to understand each other, just like a melody or art, wine is something anyone can understand. A lot of people have made some unique and interesting quotes throughout history about…
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Toasty Levels in Sparkling Wines
An expression in aroma and flavours that I really enjoy with sparkling wines is the usage of the word toasty. Both in aromas and flavours a sparkling wine can express this character, from those slices of bread lightly toasted either side on the lowest setting of the toaster to those you’ve forgotten you’d put under…
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Ever so British: Tiffin, Cuppa, Ruby Murray and Plonk
With English as my mother tongue, I am very fortunate that most of the language comes together and makes sense, even though at times I may need a split second to interpret a new addition to the dictionary in my brain. From cockney slang to posh dialect, not only have we the words that Collins,…
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Coconut Salad & Fizz Lunch
When looking to create a healthy lunch, Coconut isn’t the first ingredient you usually look at, but it is a delicious one, so I decided to find a recipe, altered it slightly and then pair edit with a glass of fine fizz to enjoy, either over lunch or a light dinner. Coconut is also a…
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Fitz & Food for Mother’s Day
When I thought about the menu for this pairing, I could have thought about what I was going to cook for my mum or her favourite dishes. Every time I did, however, I was compelled to think more about ‘home’ and food. That’s really subjective for everyone and whatever I settled on, I knew it…
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Mother’s Day Treat
We all love our mother’s and we should always show appreciation towards them no matter what day it is, but there is one day a year that never goes amiss on their calendars and that’s Mother’s Day, the day set out to love and appreciate your Mom, Mum, Mother, Mama and many other different ways…
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