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6 Health Benefits of Drinking Champagne
6 Reasons Why Drinking Champagne Is Good for Your Health There is a rising amount of scientific data that proves the health benefits of drinking Champagne. Discover what these benefits are and why you need to consume this drink regularly. While enjoying the health benefits of champagne, it’s essential to ensure your home network is…
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6 Ways to Get the Most Out of Sparkling Wine and Champagne This Spring and Summer
You walk outside. It smells like spring. You raise your hands in celebration. Those long winter months have finally slipped away. It’s time to reach for your favourite bottle. Spring and summer are the perfect opportunities to enjoy a cool glass of wine. But during the upcoming months, we recommend you try more sparkling wines…
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Lobster with Champagne Roger Brun La Pelle Grand Cru 2013
For many of us a particular favourite dish to pair with Champagne is fish and especially fresh fish / shellfish that fantastically compliment a fine drop of the ‘king of wines’ in your glass. There are many recommended Champagnes with fresh fish dishes, they are almost a long term couple in their relationship. We see…
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Grand Cru Champagne – More than meets the eye
When you’re looking at a row of Champagne bottles in a wine shop or working your way down the Champagne list in a restaurant looking for clues about which one to choose, the words ‘Grand Cru ‘stand out as a reassuring beacon in the darkness. If it says Grand Cru on the label, it must…
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Pairing Champagne with Traditional Chinese Cuisine
For many of us, we will be familiar with and certainly fans of well known Chinese dishes such as Peking duck, chicken chow mein, sweet and sour chicken and egg fried rice. Much of what we see in restaurants and takeaways will cater for what is described as westernised Chinese food, ie the cuisine that…
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How to Drink More Champagne and Spend Less
(and ‘No’ that doesn’t involve drinking poor quality wine). If you’re reading this you’re probably someone who enjoys Champagne and would like to open Champagne more frequently and be more generous when you’re entertaining friends, family or colleagues, but let’s face it, Champagne is not the cheapest wine available and you might assume that drinking…
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7.5 Common Mistakes People Make With Champagne
There are many guidelines as to how one should enjoy Champagne, for instance a quick search on Google for a question like ‘how to taste champagne‘ brings up no less than 99,500,000 results! My tasting notes show that I have tasted over 2,000 different Champagnes in the last five years or so, this will have…
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The Best Things to Do While Enjoying Champagne at Home
There are instances that call for a celebration such as getting promoted at your new job, or finally getting the degree you so worked hard for. Often times, you celebrate with your family and friends, but there are instances wherein you want to bask in the moment in solitude. During the latter, you may want…
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Are Champagne Flutes a Thing of the Past?
And does the question conceal a different challenge for Champagne? If you go back far enough in history it seems that, even as long ago as the late 17th century when Champagne first appeared on the scene, there was a variety of shapes and sizes of glass to choose from. Short and stubby, tall and…
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