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How to organise and run a Trade & Press Wine tasting event
We have just recently run our fifth Champagne and Sparkling Wine trade & press tasting event and I thought it was about time that I shared our experiences with our readers along with some tips and words of advice to include looking back at errors we made and learnt from so to those who are…
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An Interview with Crémant d’Alsace – Gustave Lorentz
How important is it to be fully organic in today’s world of wine making? The first reason why we at Gustave Lorentz wanted to move organic was to produce a better wine harvesting less grapes, but with more personality/quality! In today’s’ world you have only a few markets which are really into organic wines and it…
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The World’s Finest came together at Westminster
It was always my dream to have a room full of trophy and gold winning Champagne & Sparkling Wines that were chosen by some of the best and most respected international wine judges and bubbly lovers. A room where wines are easily identifiable by consumer style titles over confusing specific wine terms or point scoring…
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Delavenne Pere & Fils – Grand Cru Brut Rosé – Highly Commended Sea Breeze
Congratulations to Delavenne Pere & Fils with their Grand Cru Brut Rosé which received a highly commended medal at The World’s Finest Glass of Bubbly awards 2017. A panel of 36 top industry wine judges tasted all the entries for 2017 and were able to not only scores wines with medals, but also place them in to easy…
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Cour Des Lys – Elegance Blanche 2010 Blanc de Blancs – Bronze Sea Breeze
Congratulations to Cour Des Lys with their Elegance Blanche, (V) 2010 100% Blanc de Blancs which received a bronze medal at The World’s Finest Glass of Bubbly awards 2017. A panel of 36 top industry wine judges tasted all the entries for 2017 and were able to not only scores wines with medals, but also place…
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A Wine growing tradition since 1862
Champagne Bonnet-Ponson: Since 1862, our family has been crafting Champagne in Chamery, with Grégoire Bonnet as one the first recoltant manipulant of the village. After him, Jules Bonnet extended the domain by buying more parcels in Chamery and installing a 5500 kg wooden press powered by human strength, before the electricity reached the village, around…
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Crémant D’Alsace Jean-Claude BUECHER – ‘From Ground to Bubble’
For many ‘bubbles’ from France is all about Champagne, but if you share this theme of thinking then you are certainly missing out on some of the very best traditional French sparkling wine making skills. If you think about it, France with its 643,801 km² of size, Champagne only takes up a mere 0.05% of it all…
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Hiroshima: Sandro Bottega presents ‘Spirit of Peace’
It is always nice to receive samples and this time it was from Bottega with their ‘Spirit of Peace’ boxset: From Hiroshima, the capital of peace that has suffered the devastating effects of war, Italian distillery and winery Bottega sends out a message of brotherhood, promoting an art exhibition while fundraising for the local government.…
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Charles Legend – Blanc de Blancs – Gold Summer Days
Congratulations to Charles Legend with their Blanc de Blancs which received a Gold medal at The World’s Finest Glass of Bubbly awards 2017. A panel of 36 top industry wine judges tasted all the entries for 2017 and were able to not only scores wines with medals, but also place them in to easy to understand categories…
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