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Wine Border Regions – Austria & Slovenia (Styria / Štajerska)
I must admit that I am yet to visit Austria with a wine tasting agenda and it is some years since I was there and enjoying the pleasantries of the Tyrol region on a week long break by coach leaving from Victoria station in London – I am sure we (myself along with Eve our…
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World’s Finest Glass of Bubbly Winner Reviewed by Michael Edwards
Champagne Roger-Constant Lemaire Trianon 1966 was voted the world’s finest sparkling wine at the Glass of Bubbly Awards 2020. It is an emotional experience to finally taste this year’s outright winner, with warm thanks to Sébastien Tournant Lemaire for sending me a bottle, a real fillip as we pass through lockdown. First, a little background.…
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Wine Border Regions – Italy & Slovenia (Goriška Brda)
A border that I have travelled on a few occasions and close by regions that I very much admire both for wine / wine tourism and lifestyle, is the one that separates Italy and Slovenia – A divide of some 232 km in length. Though Italy has a much wider choice and fan base for…
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How to Host the Perfect Wine and Cheese Party
If you want to entertain over the festive season but don’t want to slave over a hot stove, have a cheese and wine party. Hosting a soiree like this makes life easier for everyone – it is easy, relaxed, tasty, and fun. Here are some tips on how to host the perfect wine and cheese…
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Does Your Bottle Shape Matter?
When it comes to buying a bottle of Champagne or Sparkling Wine, how much does the shape of the bottle influence you? We all buy things with our eyes, seeing something pleasing to you, will make it more likely that you would choose that product over another. When you normally think of bottle shape, you…
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Can a Wine Change Character in your Glass?
Now, this is such a very big topic and open to many discussions and points of view. So for this article I am going to write from my personal point of view having tasted many thousands of wines and experiencing wines that have given me a host of difference experiences. I have tasted wines that…
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Christmas Wine Gifts: Can you Put a Price on Love?
Can you put a price on love? Well, when it comes to wine gifts, it seems that actually, you can. As Christmas is just over a month away, we started thinking about how people in the UK approach buying wine as a present. Do we spend more money on wines to treat loved ones than…
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Christmas Cocktail Advent Calendar
Christmas 2020 will be a strange one, but there is no reason why we still can’t celebrate it, with the love of family & friends, the joy on your kid’s faces when they open their presents and the massive feast that you always eat too much of, but you don’t care, because it’s so delicious.…
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Sparkling Wine made from Fukumoto Oranges
Wines are made from grapes right? Most of us will consider this the basic fact when it comes to wine making and wine drinking, the main ingredient is one or more of many hundreds of varieties of grapes produced around the world. “There are many thousands of grape varieties out there though those which are…
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