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The Art of The Cocktail
The majestic flavours that a cocktail can produce are worth the time it takes to make, there are professions and classes in the art of making cocktails because when you get the perfect mix, you taste a little bit of heaven. You’re not going to enjoy every cocktail and you’re not always going to feel…
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Sea Breeze Levels in Sparkling Wines
The idea behind the Sea Breeze category at the Glass of Bubbly Awards is to identify those sparkling wines that conjure up the refreshing experience of the salty sea air you breathe as you take a walk on the beach on a breezy day. Surprising as it may seem, many wines, especially whites, give out…
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How to Spot Quality Champagne
Not all Champagnes are created equal. If you are new to drinking alcohol or are unaware of the range of Champagne, you might be struggling with knowing when something is considered ‘good’ Champagne and when something is ‘bad’ Champagne. Of course, to each their own – your palate will be different than those of your…
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Jim and Tonic Fizz Cocktails
Jim and Tonic recently sent through a survival kit featuring a Rhubarb Gin and over a dozen mini bottles of Ginger Ale, Lemonade and Tonic Waters, so I decided to grab a bottle of Italian Sparkling Wine and create a few cocktails to survive the weekend. Whether you be surviving lockdown or simply just surviving…
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Where can I find Vintage Champagne?
Though we like to be very much up to date with the latest gadgets and trends in life from mobile phones to fashion, many of us will be rather attracted to those vintage items from classic cars to vinyl records. I’m sure that at some point or another we collected items in a subject that…
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Creamy Levels in Sparkling Wines
Quite the opposite to the zesty and zingy style will be the ‘creamy’ description for sparkling wines, the more relaxing glass of bubbly, the take your time over to enjoy example which does call of the winemaker that little bit more effort and patience to achieve… Sparkling wines are ever so expressive in aromas and…
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Spring Fling Sparkling Wines
Spring is here and the flowers are blooming, it’s a great time to enjoy a glass of Sparkling Wine, especially one that won a Gold Medal in the Spring Fling category at The World’s Finest Glass of Bubbly Awards 2020. This year Spring started on Saturday the 20th of March and it will end on…
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Toasty Levels in Sparkling Wines
An expression in aroma and flavours that I really enjoy with sparkling wines is the usage of the word toasty. Both in aromas and flavours a sparkling wine can express this character, from those slices of bread lightly toasted either side on the lowest setting of the toaster to those you’ve forgotten you’d put under…
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Ever so British: Tiffin, Cuppa, Ruby Murray and Plonk
With English as my mother tongue, I am very fortunate that most of the language comes together and makes sense, even though at times I may need a split second to interpret a new addition to the dictionary in my brain. From cockney slang to posh dialect, not only have we the words that Collins,…
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