Search Results: champagne
Win 2 Tickets with Biddle & Webb (NOW CLOSED)
Champagne Tasting Session Try before you buy! Come along to our Champagne tasting evening to try the different varieties of authentic Champagne before Biddle & Webb’s Champagne auction the following week. Date: Friday 9th October Time: 6pm – 9pm Location: Hotel Du Vin, 25 Church Street, Birmingham, B3 2NR Win 2 tickets to a special…
Read More
Franciacorta
Franciacorta, like Champagne, refers to both the geographical region and the wine. Franciacorta was granted DOCG, the highest level of Italian wine classification, in 1995. Franciacorta is produced using méthode champenoise and with the same grapes used in Champagne, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Pinot Blanc. The grapes are then harvested by hand, the wine fermented in…
Read More
Original & Distinctive’s Trade launch of its European Small Producer Wine Portfolio
Sommeliers, Beverage Managers and Wine Aficionados are invited to the launch of Original & Distinctive’s European Small Producer Wine Portfolio and taste a select range of exclusive, award-winning artisan wines from smaller producers. To be held on the 1st September 2015 at The Library at Pushkin House. ‘Drop-in’ anytime between 2:30pm and 5.30pm and taste…
Read More
30-Second Wine
30-Second Wine is a new wine book due out in September, compiled by renowned Sommelier, Gérard Basset. The book is designed to cover 50 essential topics, edited into 300 word sections, designed to be read in 30 seconds. It takes you from terroir to the technicalities of winemaking, introducing you to the important grapes and iconic regions, offering an overview of…
Read More
Krug launches latest vintage: Clos D’Ambonnay 2000
Clos D’Ambonnay 2000 is Krug’s rarest vintage yet. It is harvested from a tiny walled plot of Pinot Noir grapes, measuring only .68 hectares situated on the edge of the village of Ambonnay, which is located on the south-eastern slope of the Montagne de Reims. The vintage is only the fourth Champagne from this terroir; previous…
Read More
Skinny Fizz – Win a Bottle of Bubbly (NOW CLOSED)
The Skinny Fizz has arrived and we are giving you the opportunity to win your very own bottle of this Champagne Grand Cru in a limited edition box. To enter: Follow @glassofbubbly & @skinnychampagne on Twitter and tweet or retweet: I’d like to try #SkinnyChampage Closing date: 31st August 2015
Read More
Bottlegreen Cocktails: Polo Cartier Cocktail
Bottlegreen produce an array of award-winning cordials that can be used to make great cocktails. Wonderfully decadent and devilishly divine, the fizzing bubbles and the sweetness of apple delivers summer heaven. Ingredients: 25ml apple vodka 15ml bottlegreen Cox Apple & Plum Cordial Champagne Glass: flute Method: Three quarter fill a flute with Champagne Shake first…
Read More
A Superior Glass for Prosecco Superiore
The last time I was at Riedel UK testing my sparkling Furlan Rosé the photographer arrived and the wine ended up warm. That meant we (Steve McGraw, MD of Riedel UK and I) had to repeat the test and taste the Rosé again, shame that! Recently, Steve and I carried out further testing of my…
Read More
Paul Mas Sparkling Wines
To find out more about the Sparkling Wines offered from Paul Mas then visit their website today: Paul Mas Wines “Paul Mas wines are the result of a harmonious symbiosis between an extraordinary region capable of producing fantastic fruits, a passion for the vineyards, a true respect for the grapes during vinification and the talent…
Read More