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Celebrity Interview: Adele Parks
Adele has published 15 novels in 15 years, all of which have been bestsellers. She’s sold three million copies of her work in the UK alone, but is also translated into 26 different languages. She published her first novel, Playing Away, in 2000; that year the Evening Standard identified Adele as one of London’s ‘Twenty…
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Enjoy Dom Pérignon by the Glass in Liverpool
The Baccarat Lounge menu includes Dom Pérignon by the glass, a premium cocktail selection regularly rotated to offer something new to returning visitors. However it is the Champagne selection, all served in Sommelier style that has proved to be the biggest hit so far. Sean Hunter, General Manager of Kingdom and Baccarat Lounge, said: “It…
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Raj Holuss Wins 50th Taittinger Prix Culinaire International
Raj Holuss, 1st Sous Chef at Waterside, Bray was announced as the winner of the 50th Taittinger Prix Culinaire International competition this weekend. Following a closely fought final of the competition at Roux at Parliament Square, UK Presidential Judge, Michel Roux Jr and Champagne Taittinger’s Marketing Director, Vitalie Taittinger, revealed Raj as the winner at…
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Celebrity Interview: Drew Pritchard
Drew, an antiques dealer, is one of the UK’s top decorative salvage experts, with his own TV show, Salvage Hunters, which follows Drew as he scours the country in search of some weird and wonderful objects. Drew has worked with interior designer to the Royals Annabel Elliot, the sister of Camilla Parker Bowles, fashion designer…
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French 75 Cocktail with Kirsch
Ingredients (1 cocktail): 1 oz gin 1/2 oz Kirsch 1/2 oz lemon juice 1/2 oz simple syrup (1 part water, 1 part sugar) 3 oz Champagne Lemon twist (for garnish) Luxardo cherry (for garnish) Instructions: Combine gin, kirsch, lemon juice, simple syrup into a cocktail shaker with ice and shake for about 15-20 seconds. Strain…
Read MoreWatermelon Mint Mimosa
Ingredients (8-10 mimosas): For the watermelon juice: 4 cups seedless watermelon cubes Juice from 2-3 limes Sugar or simple syrup to taste (optional, if you like it sweeter) Large bunch of mint For the mimosa: Watermelon juice (above) Champagne or sparkling wine Mint & watermelon (for garnish) Instructions: Blend watermelon, lime juice, and sugar or…
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Sparkling Summer Sales
The summer heatwave and Rio Olympics fuelled an increase in sales of sparkling wines in the UK, according to Nielsen. The consumer insights company reported that over the four weeks ending in August 13th, Champagne sales rose by around five percent in value – faster than the 52-week average pace of growth. They also found…
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Happy Birthday Crémant d’Alsace
A fortieth birthday is important and certainly worth celebrating. This is what the makers of Crémant d’Alsace intend to do. On 24th August 1976 Crémant d’Alsace got official recognition with the creation of an AOC. The story, though, dates back to the beginning of the twentieth century and was inspired by how Champagne is made.…
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Celebrity Interview: Tim Wonnacott
Tim is an antiques expert and television presenter. He was a director of Sotheby’s, one of the world’s oldest auction houses and is best known for presenting the daytime programme Bargain Hunt from 2003 until 2015. Tim first started appearing regularly on television in the early 1990s on Antiques Roadshow. He was a regular expert…
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