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Home-grown bubbly sales soar in the UK
2014 was an exciting year for the English and Welsh sparkling wine industry, proving we have got what it takes to compete with the best. Sparkling wine now accounts for 66% of the UK’s wine production, an industry which is soon estimated to be worth almost £100 million. The UK also exports it’s wine to over…
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Celebrate the New Year with a Glass of Bubbly!
For most of us seeing in the New Year has to be associated with the ‘pop’ of a cork of something bubbly! For years the most popular choice for this occasion would be Champagne, but the sparkling wine industry is the fastest growing and we now have a wide range of bubbly to choose from.…
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Deutz Marlborough Cuvée
“Our vines are in Marlborough, but our roots are in France” Deutz Marlborough Cuvee marries the best New Zealand grapes with traditional French Champagne-making techniques establishing a benchmark for New Zealand wine excellence. In 1838, William Deutz and Pierre-Jubert Geldermann established Champagne Deutz on the slopes of the famous Aÿ vineyards. In 1973 Monatana New…
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Comtesse de Massy Rosé Princesse Pauline
“A fine and subtle Rosé Champagne” This Rosé Champagne is a blend of a majority of Chardonnay from the Côte des Blancs with the beautiful Pinot Noir especially selected from the best terroirs of the Montagne de Reims. This superb blend is an ideal marriage of fine chardonnay and fruity Pinot Noir offering a fresh…
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Prosecco Sales Soar in 2014
Prosecco sales are soaring as more and more people are enjoying sparkling wine as an everyday drink rather than just for celebrations. Sparkling wine and in particular Champagne has always been seen as a celebratory drink for occasions such as Christmas and New Year but there has been a big shift in change of drinking…
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Pierre Moncuit Vintages
Our Vineyard leads approximately on 20 hectares, with 15 hectares of Grand Cru. At each harvest, we permanently search maturity and balance. To do this, we make a very rigorous selection of grapes. Our winery, very new and modern, allows us to make a very careful and optimal work on the wines, from the harvest…
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Pommery Brut Apanage Prestige
The perfect balance… Brut Apanage Prestige contains all the sublime fragrances of our terroirs. It is made from a poly-blend that is continually enriched with different crus and varietals. This magnificent practice results in Brut Apanage Prestige, a wine that is perfectly balanced with its freshness preserved. COLOUR: The wine’s beauty lies in its pale…
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The Legendary Bond and Bollinger Combination
With the new Bond movie ‘Spectre’ on it’s way to cinemas, are we due to see the legendary Bond/Bollinger collaboration once again? Having first made an apparence in Ian Fleming’s 1957 book Diamonds Are Forever, Champagne Bollinger has had a strong partnership with the movies, having featured in almost every 007 film since Live or…
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Celebrity Interview: Michael Norcross
Owner of the Sugar Hut, formerly The White Hart Inn, the venue is believed to have been built in 1480. However, there is evidence that there was a hostelry on the site perhaps a hundred years earlier It is said that King Richard II stayed at the hostelry when he passed through Brentwood in 1392.…
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