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Glass of Bubbly Annual Champagne, Sparkling Wine & Fizz Tasting London 2018

By Christopher Walkey / 4th May 2018

Comments to include “I’ve come all the way from Alaska to taste the Champagne and sparkling wines on show here today…” shows how the popularity and awareness of the Glass of Bubbly annual Champagne, sparkling wine and fizz trade & press tasting and yearly Summit has grown. Over 175 sparkling wines were on show from…

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Billecart-Salmon Champagnes Celebrate 200 years

By Glass of Bubbly / 2nd May 2018

Billecart-Salmon Champagnes celebrate 200 years of passion, finesse and elegance 1818-2018. This year marks the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Billecart-Salmon Champagne House by Elisabeth Salmon and Nicolas François Billecart. To celebrate this great milestone in the history of this prestigious Champagne House, Billecart-Salmon is organising a gastronomic world tour, visiting Singapore, Tokyo,…

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London Launch of Champagne Castelnau Hors Catégorie Cuvée CCF 2067

By Christopher Walkey / 1st May 2018

The Hors Catégorie collection from Castelnau (meaning beyond/above categorisation) is named from the Champagne brands relationship with the Tour de France (they are the official Champagne) and the toughest mountain passes of this highly popular cycling race that is world famous and probably one of the most gruelling and most demanding in all of sports. The…

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Roger-Constant Lemaire Champagne Launches New Design

By Glass of Bubbly / 25th April 2018

Roger Constant Lemaire is a small family run Champagne House located in the Marne Valley. They have been producing quality Champagne for 5 generations. The Estate stretches over 13 hectares in the region of Cumières, Hautvillers, Reuil, Binson-Orquigny, Troissy et Leuvrigny. The grapes are selected and harvested by hand, with only first press used in…

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WIN – Champagne Taittinger served at the Virgin TV British Academy Television Awards (NOW CLOSED)

By Glass of Bubbly / 17th April 2018

Your chance to win wines served at the Virgin TV British Academy Television Awards courtesy of Champagne Taittinger and Villa Maria. To Enter:   Champagne Taittinger and Villa Maria are getting ready to add sparkle & glitz to this year’s Virgin TV British Academy Television Awards on 13th May, which pays tribute to excellence in…

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10 Interesting things you didn’t know about Champagne

By Christopher Walkey / 11th April 2018

Champagne for many of us will mean celebrations, success, good times or simply symbolic of a high lifestyle of living. It is though known around the world as the King of Wines and usually our favourite celebrities and sports personalities are seen together with the well known brands, but did you know the following: Champagne…

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Champagne Dipping though English Fizz Popping?

By Christopher Walkey / 5th April 2018

A recent and most interesting article released by the online Telegraph led me to think about the current battle between Champagne and English Sparkling Wine. The Comite de Champagne have updated us in 2018 with news of falling sales of Champagne in the UK and there has been varied external factors that have been attributed to this…

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So, Which is the Best Champagne to Pair with Shellfish?

By Christopher Walkey / 3rd April 2018

What we must remember here is that not only are there many types of shellfish offering many flavours and ways of being prepared and served, Champagne also gives us great diversity in styles and suitability in pairing with certain foods. Without doubt, Champagne is a popular wine now to be placed on a wine list for food…

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Supermarket Fizz: Part 4 Co-op Champagne

By Christopher Walkey / 21st March 2018

Many of us love our supermarket selection of wines, many will be on offer, many promotions and the chance to usually be able to explore quite a varied selection from simple reds to fine Champagne. When it comes to fizz then supermarkets have really filled their socks with always unbeatable offers to tempt in shoppers…

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