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My Desert Island Fizz: Michael Edwards
In a new series of online interviews, we take a look at well known wine professionals and with the idea of Desert Island Discs in mind we ask them to choose, instead of music, their three favourite sparkling wines to take with them if ever they find themselves ‘Robinson Crusoe’d‘ as such! Our series entitled ‘My…
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Ferrari Trento – “A Dream is all you Need”
Giulio Ferrari had a dream and he made his dream a reality. Welcome, To Ferrari What Giulio Ferrari started back in 1902 has become an extraordinary location that creates unforgettable sparkling wines. Giulio wanted to be able to turn the area of Trentino into a place capable of competing with the finest French Champagnes.…
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Fox & Fox – Award Winning English Sparkling Wine
This winery has produced some extraordinary sparkling wines, but you don’t have to take my word for it, Fox & Fox have won Gold Medals and even taken home a Trophy 3 years running for 3 different sparkling wines, their wines continue to impress judges at The World’s Finest Glass of Bubbly Awards and people…
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Tasting Vintage Sparkling Wines From Around The World – 2015
With every great harvest, a vintage is sure to follow, this new series exclusive to Glass of Bubbly will take you around the world tasting the vintages of different years. To start our series off, we are going back 5 years to 2015, where we will be trying 4 different Sparkling Wines from 4 different…
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Best Bars in London Clapham Junction
Clapham Junction in London is known for being one of the busiest railway stations in the UK. It’s also known for having plenty of shopping and entertainment venues. It should come as no surprise, then, that many people enjoy stopping for a bite to eat or grabbing a glass of wine from one of the…
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5 things you might not know about English Sparkling Wine
Not all sparkling wine made in England can be called English Sparkling Wine To be called English Sparkling Wine it must be produced using the traditional method and made from grapes grown in England. Charmat method sparkling wine, where the grapes are grown in England, which Fitz Sparkling Wine produce have to be called Sparkling…
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What is a Blanc de Blancs?
One of the most popular phrases that you will see on a bottle of wine is the term ‘Blanc de Blancs’. A question that I usually get asked by those starting off in enjoying wine or those simply wishing to understand a bit more about what is inside the bottle is ‘what exactly does the…
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5 things you might not know about Prosecco
Britain imports the most Prosecco Britain can’t get enough Prosecco, we love it. Last year, 560 million bottles of Prosecco were exported from Italy, making Britain their number one market. Sales of Prosecco to the UK have risen by 163% in the last five years. Prosecco can only be produced in certain areas of…
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The Secrets Behind Sparkling Wines
Like all other wines, the concept behind the creation of sparkling wines is fermentation. The production of sparkling wines is however considered the most technical, largely due to the complex fermentation process. It is believed that re-fermentation errors were the reasons behind bubbles in wines in the mid-1500s, but Europeans perfected the art of developing…
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