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Michael Edwards Talks Premium Prosecco
Phenomenally successful light sparkling wine of north-east Italy, the country’s biggest DOC appellation, now running in a long sweep of 222 kilometres from Vincenzo in the Veneto to Trieste, close to the border with Slovenia. Recent very extensive plantings en route on the flatlands of Friuli, producing thirst quenching party wine. For more serious finely…
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A Fun & Fruity Way To Brighten Up Your Glass Of Prosecco
Creating a fun and fruitier glass of Prosecco has been made a little easier with Hogg Norton fruit liqueurs, offering 7 flavours that deliver a great taste across the board. Hogg Norton Fruit Liqueurs are all vegetarian and vegan friendly, also dairy and gluten free, they have 7 flavours to choose from: Mixed Berries Raspberry…
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Homemade Champagne & Prosecco Biscuits
These are great party foods and will delight both hungry and fizzy loving friends and family – Champagne & Prosecco homemade biscuits. If you have a splash or two of your bottle of bubbly to spare then why not get baking and serve up some easy to make biscuits in the shape of fizzy wine…
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Roast Trout with Prosecco
If you are seeking to explore the world of cooking with wine, and by that, I mean adding the wine to the recipe rather than simply drinking it as you cook, then sparkling wines certainly have a place that will impress you and your guests. Prosecco as much as it is loved and adored by…
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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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Charmat doesn’t always mean Prosecco
In the world of sparkling wines, there are two main methods of production, the traditional method that sees a second fermentation occurring in the bottle and the Charmat method where the fermentation happens within large pressurised stainless-steel tanks. What exactly is Charmat Method? Also known as the ‘tank method’ the Charmat method (patented in 1907…
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Fruity Gin and Prosecco Cocktails
When the sun is proudly boasting its warm rays outside is when that temptation strikes us to pop into the garden/balcony with a glass of chilled wine and savour the warm atmosphere. For many, an upgrade to that glass of wine will be an injection of some bubbles and if we wish to take things…
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Prosecco vs Champagne – Bottega asks the Question
A recent email and suggestion to us from Sandro Bottega, founder of Italian winery and distillery Bottega SPA, grabbed my attention as he wanted to take a look at how Prosecco was comparing against Champagne and especially when it came to food. Having just released a new book dedicated to sparkling wines and food, (The…
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What is the difference between Champagne and Prosecco?
Though many will see both these iconic sparkling wines as pretty much one of the same thing they could not in fact be further apart – It is not so much chalk and cheese, more dry-aged steak vs juicy homemade hamburgers for the BBQ. Here’s why: Both these wines have a worldwide fan base, millions…
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