The Renaissance Of Champagne Ayala

Led by a young and dynamic team, Champagne Ayala is innovating and reinventing itself by focusing on the essentials: a pure expression of the best terroirs of Chardonnay, the art of blending and an artisanal approach to winemaking. A brand that always stood out for the freshness and pure character of its wines, famously known…

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The inKRUGible Music of Champagne

A Tête-à-Tête with Olivier Krug sixth generation director of La Maison Krug Wine, in its very essence, is one of the great simple pleasures of life. Yet for a drink that is the epitome of hedonism, wine, ironically, can be quite daunting. Everything from the mystical terminology, old school wine tasting protocol, and formal serving…

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PDO Champagne: French exports 2015-2022

OENsights.com (pronounced exactly like ‘insights’) celebrated Global Champagne Day, with a look at the French exports evolution from 1995-2022, with the release of our ‘PDO Champagne: French exports 2015-2022’ report. Let’s get started with a glimpse of all French Sparkling wine exports – comparing the total value of PDO Champagne vs other Sparkling wines from…

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Halloween Cocktails – The Menu

Elsa: You will eat less than you desire and more than you deserve. We’re back from the dead, crafting a whole new exciting range of Halloween Cocktails, we’ve chosen some of the best Halloween films or video games and created a perfect Cocktail to accompany them, working alongside different wineries and distilleries, I’ll give you…

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Bartender Made Cocktails – Something Special

This article is made in collaboration with Tyriq Pitts, an amazing Bartender in England. The Cocktail that you are about to make is one of Tyriq Pitts’s Signature Fizz Cocktails, which he makes at The Coral Room, in England. Let’s Meet The Bartender! “I’m originally from Bermuda. I’ve been bartending for about 6 years and…

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Halloween Cocktails – Blade

Blade: I’m Not Human We’re back from the dead, crafting a whole new exciting range of Halloween Cocktails, we’ve chosen some of the best Halloween films or video games and created a perfect Cocktail to accompany them, working alongside different wineries and distilleries, I’ll give you a little history into each film and the know-how…

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Historical Champagne Women

Madame Pommery Rebecca Rosenberg

Champagne is a universal symbol of celebration par excellence, of love, happy moments, and grand success. It was not until the 19th century that Champagne became what we know as the golden sparkling. Wine has been in existence for over 7,000 years! Thanks to the efforts of key women in wine influencers transformed the status…

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Louis Roederer Collection 242 Champagne

Louis Roederer [Road-ur-ur], a distinguished Champagne producer situated in Reims, France, traces its origins back to 1776, when it began as Dubois Père & Fils. While its early days were marked by still wine production, the focus soon evolved to embrace the art of crafting fine Champagnes. The business underwent a transformation under the stewardship…

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Does Champagne Sparkle?

Where do Champagne bubbles come from

It looks almost a too simple question, an open door: Does Champagne sparkle? But if we look at it more deeply we might come to surprising insights. Going back to the word ‘sparkle’ we can retrace it to the Old English 16th century word ‘spearca’ which meant ‘throw off glowing or fiery particles’. This concept…

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