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English bubbly explodes as the Queen launches new ship
The Queen was in Southhampton on Tuesday 10th March 2015 to officially name the new luxury P&O cruise ship, Britannia. During the ceremony, which Prince Philip and some celebrities also attended, a Nebuchadnezzar bottle of Wiston Estate English Brut NV sparkling wine was smashed against the ship. This act of breaking a bottle of wine against…
Read MoreRed Nose Day cocktail recipe
Raise a toast to Red Nose Day with a cocktail recipe from Dorset producers Furleigh Estate, Conker Spirit and IOW Tomatoes. Award-winning local vineyard and winery, Furleigh Estate has teamed up with Dorset’s first gin distillery Conker Spirit and Isle of Wight Tomatoes to create a limited-edition cocktail for Red Nose Day, on Friday March 13.…
Read MoreKey Facts of Maison PIPER-HEIDSIECK
Heritage Formed in 1785 by Florens Louis Heidsieck, whose ambitious promises were ‘to make joyful wines with great seriousness..’ & to ‘make a cuvée worthy of a queen’. PIPER-HEIDSIECK has a long heritage of quality winemaking in Reims. Chef de cave Head wine maker Régis Camus has been voted winemaker of the year in 2004,…
Read MoreA Glass of Sussex
English winemakers in Sussex are applying to the EU for a protected status (PDO) over their sparkling wines. With English sparkling wines sales on the increase, the region wants to protect their wines much like the Champagne and Prosecco regions hold rights to use their name. The sparkling wines would be subject to quality tests…
Read MoreRiedel relaunch the ‘Prosecco Superiore’ Glass
I was very excited last week to hear confirmation from Riedel UK (the top glassware people in case you’re wondering) that they are bringing back their Prosecco glass! The glass was made obsolete a few years ago, at a time when Prosecco wasn’t as popular as it is now. Prosecco has now overtaken Champagne to…
Read MorePIPER-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…
Read MoreCelebrity 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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