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PIPER-HEIDSIECK ~ Régis Camus: A Biography
Régis Camus, PIPER-HEIDSIECK winemaker since 1994, is the architect of the House’s wines renewal. Grandson to a farmer of the Thiérarche, in north-eastern France, Régis Camus, 58 years old, is the man in the shadows, shaping the PIPER-HEIDSIECK Champagnes since he first arrived at the House. Following studies in biology and biochemistry, he trained as a…
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Celebrity Interview: Liv Boeree
Liv Boeree is one of the most successful female poker players of all time and a European Poker Tour Champion. She achieved a first-class degree in Astrophysics, before going on to find fame as a model and TV presenter on a range of different shows. She is a Team PokerstarsPro and plays in major poker…
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Celebrity Interview: Jilly Goolden
Jilly Goolden is almost single handedly responsible for the way wine is described today all over the world. On BBC TV’s iconic Food and Drink programme which launched her wine career in 1982, and went on to reach audiences of up to 8 million a week in the UK and a large international viewership too,…
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Celebrity Interview: Neil Phillips
The Wine Tipster is one of the UK’s leading Champagne Experts, Neil is a wine presenter, horse racing pundit, writer and presenter on both television and radio. Where’s the most memorable place you’ve enjoyed a Glass of Bubbly? At Maison Belle Epoque with Chef de Cave Hervé Deschamps tasting Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque Blanc de Blancs…
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Sparkling Wine & Fish & Chips
Fish and chips, an iconic British meal, it was regarded as being so vital to the home front during the Second World War that they were never rationed. There’s something quite nostalgic about enjoying fish and chips from a paper bag on the seafront. Nowadays you’re just as likely to enjoy a delicious portion of fish and chips…
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Celebrity Interview: Kim Tiddy
Kim, an English actress, is probably best known for her role in The Bill as PC Honey Harman and more recently Heidi Costello in Hollyoaks. She has just finished two very successful tours of the classic farce ‘Boeing Boeing’ and Simon Williams thriller ‘Double Death.’ Kim is set to star in a new play by…
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Original & Distinctive’s “Small Producer ‘Sparkling’ Tasting is an overwhelming success
Original & Distinctive’s (O&D™) first Trade Tasting of 2015, held on 11th February in the Library of the Grade II listed Georgian building Pushkin House in London, was an overwhelming success. Sponsored by Glass of Bubbly, O&D™ welcomed a number of well known aficionados including: Michael Edwards; Jilly Goolden; Fiona Beckett; Henriette Green; Richard Bampfield MW; & Rupert Wollheim MW; as well as many others from the On- and Off-trade and trade…
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How Sweet is your Sparkling Wine?
The amount of sugar added to Champagne or sparkling wine determines the sweetness or dryness of that particular bottle. Extra Dry, sounds drier than Brut right? No, a simply way to look at the sweetness levels is the following: Brut Zéro > Extra Brut > Brut > Extra Dry > Sec > Demi-Sec > Doux Brut zéro or…
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Celebrate Valentine’s evening with Canard-Duchêne
With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, the pressure is on to throw the perfectly decadent evening for that special someone. The most romantic celebration of the year would not be complete without Champagne bubbles and the world-renowned Canard-Duchêne recommends a pink sparkler that’s sure to impress. Canard-Duchêne was created as the result of the marriage of…
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