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Find the Perfect Bubbly for your Wedding Day
If you’re organising your own bubbly for your wedding venue, it can be a daunting task deciding which one to choose from the thousands available. Going traditional with Champagne is always a reliable option, but if you’re on a budget or want to try something different, there are plenty of other fantastic sparkling wines to suit your needs. Cava, Crémant…
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Have you tried Asti & Moscato d’Asti?
Asti (or Asti Spumante) is generally a light, sweet sparkling wine made in the Italian region of Piemonte and made using the charmat method (the same method as Prosecco, but not Champagne). Asti was once considered a lower class sparkling wine, but thanks to its DOCG status, stricter laws have been introduced allowing quality wines to come…
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The Ruinart Challenge
The Sommelier Challenge is an annual event aimed at finding the most promising young Sommeliers from around the world. Working in partnership with the Court of Master Sommeliers, The Ruinart Challenge runs as an international training programme and workshop. The entrants will first join Ruinart Cellar Master, Frédéric Panaïotis, for a training day. Gerard Basset OBE MS…
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St Patrick’s Day Bubbly Cocktails
Celebrate St Patrick’s Day with some Champagne or sparkling wine cocktails! St Patrick’s Day Cocktail 30ml Midori 25ml Irish Whiskey Champagne or sparkling wine Pour the fizz into a flute first, then add the midori and whiskey to get a green colour. Irish Lady 30ml Midori melon liqueur Champagne or sparkling wine 30ml orange juice Pour the fizz into a…
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Celebrate Easter at D&D London Restaurants
D&D London has created a cracking calendar of events to celebrate Easter at its London restaurants with #MarchMadness. Over the extended Easter weekend (Friday 24th – Monday 28th March) city-wide Easter egg hunt will see 40 chocolate eggs from Paul A Young hidden in D&D London restaurants across the capital. Each egg will contain a…
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English Sparkling Wine for Easter
Why not celebrate Easter and the start of Spring with a fresh and fruity English bubbly? It’s local, high quality and tastes great with your Easter dinner, picnics and chocolate eggs. English sparkling wine is made using the same method as Champagne and the quality is often considered on par with it’s French counterpart. Try asking at…
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Celebrity Interview: Michel Roux Jr
Michel Roux Jr is a French-English two-star Michelin chef at the London restaurant Le Gavroche, a classical French restaurant in Mayfair, London. He also owns two other restaurants in London, Roux at Parliament and Roux at The Landau at The Langham Hotel. Michel has made many TV appearances, judging and presenting including MasterChef, Great British…
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Pairing Italian Food with Sparkling Wine
Italian food is some of the best in the world and regularly eaten in many households. It’s always handy to have some bubbly to pair perfectly with your dishes! We’ve stuck mostly with Italian bubbly, but there’s also some to mixing and matching. You can find many of these in your local UK supermarket. Creamy Pasta Such…
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UK Sales of Sparkling Wine Hit Record £1 Billion
Sales of sparkling wine in the UK have reached £1 billion for the first time – and that’s not including Champagne sales. Retail sales of sparkling wine hit £709m, with on-trade sales (restaurants, bars, hotels etc) adding another £348m according to the Wine and Spirit Trade Association Market Report. ‘Sparkling wine’ refers to Prosecco, Cava, Crémant, English sparkling…
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