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The Sparkling Wines of Bodega Iniesta
Bear with me here, this is a sparkling wine article, I assure you! For one who was once heavily involved in football: both amateur (I played in local leagues and coached schools’ and representative schools’ teams); and professional football (I spent six years as a professional scout for Liverpool FC) you may be surprised to…
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Discovering Serrapetrona DOCG
About 10 years ago, in 2006 to be exact, on a quick visit to Le Marche, I took a wrong turn and ended up in a place called Serrapetrona. It was a foggy day, but there was something very mystical about the place. Heading down a side street, I came across an open door and…
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Villa-Sandi – Asolo DOCG Superiore Millesimato Brut 2016 – Bronze Summer Days
Congratulations to Villa-Sandi with their Asolo DOCG Superiore Millesimato Brut 2016 which received a bronze medal at The World’s Finest Glass of Bubbly awards 2017. A panel of 36 top industry wine judges tasted all the entries for 2017 and were able to not only scores wines with medals, but also place them in to…
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Christopher Walkey
Christopher Walkey is the founder of Glass of Bubbly and a professional Champagne and Sparkling Wine correspondent and judge who carries one of the world’s biggest online following in the sparkling wine sector. Christopher Walkey on Twitter with over 16,000 followers: http://www.twitter.com/chriswalkey Christopher Walkey on LinkedIn with over 5,000 professional connections: http://www.linkedin.com/in/walkey Christopher Walkey on…
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Giusti – Rosalia DOC Treviso – Bronze Summer Days
Congratulations to Giusti with their Rosalia DOC Treviso which received a bronze medal at The World’s Finest Glass of Bubbly awards 2017. A panel of 36 top industry wine judges tasted all the entries for 2017 and were able to not only scores wines with medals, but also place them in to easy to understand…
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The 4 Worst Ways People Ruin Champagne
Champagne and sparkling wine have a certain festive atmosphere to them – we usually drink them when we celebrate something, like a wedding, the passing of the year, or even the birthday of a loved one. But most people don’t drink it frequently enough to know how to enjoy it correctly. While this is bad…
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Supermarket Fizz: Part 3 Aldi’s Valentine’s Range 2018
Many millions of people across the UK will no doubt be celebrating in one way or another Valentine’s Day from that special romantic dinner to just about remembering, on your way back from the office, to by a bunch of flowers for that special lady in your life. So, in amongst the roses, the chocolates,…
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How to organise and run a Trade & Press Wine tasting event
We have just recently run our fifth Champagne and Sparkling Wine trade & press tasting event and I thought it was about time that I shared our experiences with our readers along with some tips and words of advice to include looking back at errors we made and learnt from so to those who are…
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Champagne Bureau now allows itself to mix in with all the other Sparkling Wines at The London Wine Fair
Though I greatly appreciate and admire Champagne and have fallen in love many times with certain labels and the countless beauty spots from the region, I have always said it is just another wine and to be specific, a sparkling wine. Though this might not be what the Comité Champagne saw themselves as, which would…
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