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How to organise and run a Trade & Press Wine tasting event

By Christopher Walkey / 30th January 2018

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

By Christopher Walkey / 29th January 2018

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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Sparkling Cocktails with Passion

By Bernard Barbuk / 29th January 2018

Anyone interested in the history of cocktails should give some thought to the cautionary tale of the passiflora edulis, whose fruit we Anglo Saxons call ‘passion fruit’ because the historically correct Portuguese name frightens us:  ‘maracuja’. As borrowed from the locals in Brazil, circa 1600, when the Ports were the first Europeans to come across…

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An Interview with Crémant d’Alsace – Gustave Lorentz

By Christopher Walkey / 29th January 2018

How important is it to be fully organic in today’s world of wine making? The first reason why we at Gustave Lorentz wanted to move organic was to produce a better wine harvesting less grapes, but with more personality/quality! In today’s’ world you have only a few markets which are really into organic wines and it…

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Bisol – Jeio Valdobbiadene D.O.C.G. Spumante Brut – Bronze Summer Days

By Christopher Walkey / 26th January 2018

Congratulations to Bisol with their Jeio Valdobbiadene D.O.C.G. Spumante Brut 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…

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The World’s Finest came together at Westminster

By Christopher Walkey / 25th January 2018

It was always my dream to have a room full of trophy and gold winning Champagne & Sparkling Wines that were chosen by some of the best and most respected international wine judges and bubbly lovers. A room where wines are easily identifiable by consumer style titles over confusing specific wine terms or point scoring…

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Villa-Sandi – DOCG SUPERIORE “CUVEE ORIS” BRUT – Bronze First Date

By Christopher Walkey / 10th January 2018

Congratulations to Villa-Sandi with their DOCG  SUPERIORE “CUVEE ORIS” BRUT 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…

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ASTORIA – VALDOBBIADENE DOCG Millesimato ‘016 Extra Dry – Bronze First Date

By Christopher Walkey / 10th January 2018

Congratulations to ASTORIA with their VALDOBBIADENE  DOCG Millesimato ‘016 Extra Dry 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…

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Hiroshima: Sandro Bottega presents ‘Spirit of Peace’

By Christopher Walkey / 22nd December 2017

It is always nice to receive samples and this time it was from Bottega with their ‘Spirit of Peace’ boxset: From Hiroshima, the capital of peace that has suffered the devastating effects of war, Italian distillery and winery Bottega sends out a message of brotherhood, promoting an art exhibition while fundraising for the local government.…

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