Posts Tagged ‘Champagne’
Grape Harvest 2016
The results of the damage caused to the Champagne vineyards by extreme weather earlier this year are having their affect on this year’s harvest. Chardonnay grapes are usually the first to ripen. This year it’s Pinot Meunier and Pinot Noir. Wine growers are saying they’ve never seen this and the cause is unknown. It will…
Read MoreRare Opportunity to Invest in New Champagne House
Champagne PIAFF – the first prospective major Champagne house to emerge in over 40 years – has issued an invitation for founding investors and shareholders to invest in the brand. Shares in PIAFF Group Holdings Ltd. – a newly formed UK-based group – will be made available for purchase via www.CrowdBnk.com for a limited period…
Read MoreWill English Sparkling Wine Ever Edge Ahead of Champagne?
Naked Wines are predicting that 2016 will be the year that English sparkling wines edge ahead of Champagne for the first time. The record breaking Indian summer has meant that 2016’s grape crop will be the ripest, most concentrated and highest quality for decades. In contrast, France has had one of the toughest vintages with…
Read MoreNew York Champagne Week
New York Champagne Week runs 7th-13th November, in its 4th year it will be bigger and better with more bubbly than ever. For the trade and media, there will be the Opening Celebration, the annual Champagne Cocktail Competition, pairing experiences like ‘Champagne & Caviar’ and seminar concepts like ‘Back that Glass Up’ (a comparative glassware tasting).…
Read MoreRaj Holuss Wins 50th Taittinger Prix Culinaire International
Raj Holuss, 1st Sous Chef at Waterside, Bray was announced as the winner of the 50th Taittinger Prix Culinaire International competition this weekend. Following a closely fought final of the competition at Roux at Parliament Square, UK Presidential Judge, Michel Roux Jr and Champagne Taittinger’s Marketing Director, Vitalie Taittinger, revealed Raj as the winner at…
Read MoreHow to Easily Identify Good Champagne
I am sure that many will say that all Champagne is good. Who can ever refuse a glass of bubbly and who would dare say that such a prestigious wine could ever be bad, but just like most things in life, from clothing to cars, from holidays to watches, there are many types and many…
Read MoreFirst Mobile Champagne & Prosecco Bar for Northern Ireland
A Northern Irish entrepreneur has set up the region’s first mobile Champagne and Prosecco bar. Communications manager Alex Megarry had the idea for Bubbly Bar after she came across a mobile Champagne bar at the Burghley Horse Trials in Lincolnshire last year. She was looking to start a new venture as she is getting married…
Read MoreSparkling Summer Sales
The summer heatwave and Rio Olympics fuelled an increase in sales of sparkling wines in the UK, according to Nielsen. The consumer insights company reported that over the four weeks ending in August 13th, Champagne sales rose by around five percent in value – faster than the 52-week average pace of growth. They also found…
Read More5 Important Factors in Producing Good Champagne
Champagne is a wonderful thing to study, from enjoying tasting the many varied labels and varieties to looking in to how it is made and the people behind producing some of the world’s finest labels. Not only is Champagne steeped in history, but the complex way that it is made means that it’s superior taste…
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