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Bringing Back the Sweetness to Champagne
It would appear that more and more Champagne producers are reducing the small amount of sugar (dosage) as trends still point to people preferring drier flavours from their glass of bubbly. To clear up a small point yet one still so very confusing – Dry means sweeter in wine terms so if you prefer your…
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Cooking With Champagne & Red Sparkling Wine
Cooking with Sparkling Wine is always a joy to do, in this article I’ll be cooking a Coq Au Wine Blanc with a Champagne and a Boeuf Bourguignon with a Sparkling Red Wine from Slovenia. Both these dishes are both traditional French meals, so it’s only natural to have a glass of bubbly with them.…
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Champagne Frerejean Frères
The three Frerejean-Taittinger brothers build on the deeply entrenched family heritage and local expertise to create craft Champagne inspired by modern luxury. Frerejean Frères is a Champagne of character; both complex and elegant, produced from some of the best parcels across the Côte des Blancs. The production process honours the land, with a low-chemical approach,…
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Enjoying Champagne while watching your favourite sports team
There’s something about sports that makes the audience need a drink while watching. It’s something to keep them company, to keep their mouths busy, and also ease their tension and anxiety when things get rough. That’s why drinking while watching your favorite sports game go hand in hand at the local pub. Here’s how you…
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10 Classic movies that featured Champagne
When it comes to fizz in the movies it can usually be assured of being Champagne. When those special on screen moments occur and a glass of bubbly or two is required then no less than a recognised Champagne label will do. Over the years there have been many guests and sponsored appearances for Champagne…
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10 Alternatives to Champagne and Prosecco
I’m certainly not here to steer you away from either Champagne or Prosecco, both these wine regions I simply love and adore from the wines they produce to the wine tourism splendour I have enjoyed so many times from each region. In fact, I have only just returned from an amazing visit to Champagne Henri…
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How to Choose the Right Champagne for Your Wedding
Weddings and Champagnes – outside of the couple tying the knot, is there a perfect pair? The bottle of bubbly is a true celebratory beverage that has been a witness to countless toasts for both the freshly engaged, and the just married. And just like your spouse-to-be, choosing the right one can be trial and…
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Champagne Royal Riviera
The balance of grape variety in this Champagne allows effortless food pairing with most, if not all, dishes. It is Champagne that will take you from ‘caviar to cupcakes’. This effortless taste has been designed with hours of care and craftsmanship. Predominantly Pinot Noir and aging on lees, this wine is very playful on the…
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Amazing accommodation in Champagne: Henri Giraud
The Champagne region is plentiful for locations that thoroughly merit being visited and enjoyed. It is quite an expansive wine region of some 34,000 hectares of vineyards, it’s a UNESCO member and has easy access by train and road as well as by plane. For visitors coming from England, it is merely a three and…
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