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Pink Champagne in Cardiff for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

By Glass of Bubbly / 1st October 2016

Cardiff’s Park Plaza Hotel is putting on a pink afternoon tea throughout October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Alongside a glass of Mercier Champagne, guests can enjoy finger sandwiches, strawberry cupcakes, pink macarons, Champagne and strawberry jelly with Chantilly cream, sultana scones, Welsh cakes, Devonshire clotted cream and strawberry jam, served on a three tier…

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Champagne Against Aches & Pains

By Jon Catt / 30th September 2016

Before Champagne became a drink it was officially considered as a medicine. Some doctors still recommend it for illnesses probably much to the delight of their patients. It was once believed to help digestion. It was also thought to be a good antiseptic. The list of this natural remedy’s cures also included easing of aches…

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Piper-Heidsieck Launches First Rare Rosé Champagne

By Glass of Bubbly / 30th September 2016

Piper-Heidsieck has launched the Rare Rosé Millésime 2007 Champagne, as a counterpart to its white Rare Millésime.  It is the first rosé to be produced under the Rare label. The rosé has spent eight years ageing in the cellars following a difficult year, when the grapes grew extremely early and suffered from cold weather, affecting…

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Bollinger Auctioning Very Rare 102 Year Old Bottle of Champagne

By Glass of Bubbly / 28th September 2016

Sotheby’s in New York will be auctioning a recently discovered 102-year-old bottle of Bollinger Champagne on the 19th November, which will have a starting bid price of US$10,000. The auction, ‘A Century of Champagne Bollinger’, will also include six rare lots of Bollinger Vieilles Vignes Françaises ranging from 1988 to 2002, all harvested from the…

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Does the type of glass you choose effect the taste of Champagne?

By Christopher Walkey / 27th September 2016

Firstly I would say that outside of the glass that you are drinking the Champagne from, many other factors will have an effect on what your bubbly tastes like. I’ve tasted 1,000’s of different Champagne and sparkling wines in many varied locations, sometimes what has the biggest effect is when and where you are drinking…

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Carbon Fibre Champagne Coolers

By Glass of Bubbly Content / 26th September 2016

After meticulous development, Champagne de Watere are proud to present their carbon fibre Champagne coolers. Weighing just under 500 grams, but capable of holding up to four bottles of your favourite Champagne. They are the first to bring you handmade all carbon Champagne coolers! Multiple layers of automobile-class carbon fibre are formed by hand and…

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Champagne Duval-Leroy Précieuses Parcelles

By Glass of Bubbly / 22nd September 2016

Champagne Duval-Leroy introduces its new range of parcels selections’ cuvées, Précieuses Parcelles, “the finest expression of an exceptional terroir”. While other Champagne houses may value image over hard graft, the Duval-Leroy family fights to convey a certain idea of Champagne, one that is more personal, more intimate, more exclusive, a Champagne they are proud to…

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Rare Opportunity to Invest in New Champagne House

By Glass of Bubbly / 22nd September 2016

Champagne PIAFF – the first prospective major Champagne house to emerge in over 40 years – has issued an invitation for founding investors and shareholders to invest in the brand. Shares in PIAFF Group Holdings Ltd. – a newly formed UK-based group – will be made available for purchase via www.CrowdBnk.com for a limited period…

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Champagne Harvest

By Glass of Bubbly / 22nd September 2016

The Harvest in the five regions of the AOC Champagne started on the 10th September, almost one week later than last year. This date is individually defined for all 320 communities and for all three grape species every year. This Champagne year will offer a high quality but maybe it is one with a smaller…

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