Posts Tagged ‘Champagne’
An Easy Guide For Tasting Champagne
Whether you are tasting Champagne or Sparkling Wine, you do it the same way. In this article I focus on Champagne, to help pick out the aromas and flavours in your glass. It is easy to get the technique down, it just takes time to be able to identify the aromas and flavours, the more…
Read MoreWhat To Expect From Tasting Champagne, Prosecco & Cava
When enjoying a glass of Champagne, Prosecco or Cava, there are certain aromas and flavours that are common amongst each of them. Now, not every Champagne, Prosecco or Cava will taste similar, some will end up completely surprising you with their own unique aromas and flavours. Champagne The aromas and flavours from a Champagne can…
Read MoreWhat is a Great Champagne for a First Date?
Picking the right Champagne or Sparkling Wine can be a bit tricky, that’s if you want to find the right one, it’ll be up to you when you want to pop the cork on your bottle of bubbly. Glass of Bubbly has made it easier to pick out the perfect bottle to enjoy on your…
Read MoreTasting Vintage Sparkling Wines From Around The World – 2014
With every great harvest, a vintage is sure to follow, welcome back to the second article of this new series exclusive to Glass of Bubbly, where will take you around the world tasting the vintages of different years. We started off this series with vintages from the year 2015 in Canada, Spain, Austria and Slovenia,…
Read MoreThe Perfect French Breakfast – Champagne & Croissants
It’s always nice to treat yourself and start your day with a nice breakfast, you can’t go wrong with Champagne and Croissants. Champagne Julien Prélat “In The Image Of Its Time” Champagne Julien Prélat is a young winery compared to the other Champagnes out there, their story started in 2000, but that doesn’t mean they…
Read MoreCooking With Champagne Roger Brun
How many of you have cooked with Champagne? Is it something you’ve thought about or have you only ever cooked with red or white wine? When cooking with Champagne you will of course lose the bubbles, but not the effects of the Champagne. Unlike cooking with a red sparkling wine, which can stand up to…
Read MoreThe World’s Finest came together at Westminster
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…
Read MoreInteresting Facts about Champagne
Did you know 1 bottle of Champagne contains approx 1.2 kg grapes. Only wine of grapes that are cultivated in the Champagne region by the Méthode Traditionelle are allowed to carry the name Champagne. Champagne is best stored at a temperature around 7-12 °C and best served at a temperature around 8-10 °C. Grand Cru or…
Read MoreA Day in Reims, Champagne
Regardless of how you arrive, when in France, travel to Champagne. Here, making and drinking Champagne is a way of life. If you love the nation’s namesake sparkling wine—authentic Champagne only comes from Champagne, France, after all—you could spend weeks exploring vineyards and villages sprinkled about the chalky, limestone terroir. I consider Champagne the Phoenix…
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