Rhubarb and Almond Tart With Sparkling Wine

The Afternoon Tea, or its more substantial High Tea sibling with both sweet and savoury options, is a meal opportunity that cries out for sparkling wine. Just to be clear, I will happily drink sparkling wine with a toasted sandwich or a stick of baguette, I don’t need the whole extended spread as an excuse…

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The Duke Cocktail

For more than 140 years, the statue of the Duke of Wellington and his faithful steed Copenhagen stood in time as just another Glasgow monument, but after looking over the Royal Exchange Square peacefully since 1844, a traffic cone suddenly and mysteriously started appearing on his noble napper in the mid-1980s. As fast as the…

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Maximum Cocktail

Take It To The Maximum, never live life on the down low, on the sidelines, or in the background, Take It To The Maximum, scale up, take it to the edge, try, fail and try again, never lose yourself and enjoy the finest things that life has to offer, Take It To The Maximum with…

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Romantic Valentine’s Day Sparkling Wines

The day of love returns, in all its romantic glory, from flowers to chocolate, Victoria’s Secret to the finest Glass of Bubbly, a new year means a new range of award-winning Sparkling Wines, a selection of Fizz specifically chosen for love, each easy to enjoy, while still delivering a plentiful experience, but never distracting you…

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The Godfather – An Italian Showdown

My reader, come closer, I have something to tell you… Our family is about to go to war, a disagreement has come about, disputing what is the best Traditional Italian Sparkling Wine, it is up to you to present a firm offensive as we come under attack by the 5 families. The streets of New…

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History of Formula 1 Champagne

Formula 1 is the most-watched and exciting auto racing competition on TV, showcasing legends of the sport throughout the years, including, Sir Jackie Stewart, Jim Clark, Niki Lauda, Michael Schumacher, Fernando Alonso and more recently Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and Sabastian Vettel. The are many more names that will come to mind to any F1…

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Can you Pair Lasagne with Sparkling Wine?

Other than being famous for history, people, culture and wine, Italy also has some outstanding, audience up on their feet, unforgettable food, and today we’re looking at one of Italy’s most famous dishes, Lasagne. To quickly clear up which is correct lasagna or lasagne. Lasagna is the American spelling. Lasagne is the British spelling. Indeed…

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Fireworks Levels in Sparkling Wines

Fireworks

This is fireworks as in an explosion of flavours and aromas over anything smelling or tasting of gun powder or smoke! A category in the Glass of Bubbly Champagne and Sparkling Wine Awards that is seeking out those labels which are really radiant in character, glowing and awakening style that really makes you sit up…

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Magnums vs Standard Sized Bottles with Ferrari Trento

Comparing magnums to standard bottles

For me, I’ve only been around for a few months in the world of sparkling wine, the biggest appeal to a Magnum was, of course, its size, the attraction was that it was different, it was bigger and I saw it as holding more excitement, more mystery and possibly a better overall tasting experience thanks…

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