Posts Tagged ‘Italian sparkling wine’
Caribbean Fizz Cocktails
Summer is here, and for some, we would have been packing our suitcases and heading abroad for an unforgettable holiday, but instead, we are stuck at home, so to combine with the great weather we are currently having, lets put some Caribbean Cocktails in our hands. To help us with these Caribbean Cocktails, I’m using…
Read MoreMagnums vs Standard Sized Bottles with Ferrari Trento
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…
Read MoreThe Italian Lord Cocktail
The Italian Lord – A simple, elegant and sweet Cocktail You don’t always need a lot of ingredients to create an enjoyable Cocktail, sometimes all you need is a few good quality ingredients. Lord Randolph – Oxford Malt Whisky ‘Genius is found in simplicity with a twist’ After creating the IQ Oxford Gin that we…
Read More3 Must Visit Italian Sparkling Wine Wineries
Enjoying a fine Sparkling Wine is one thing, but enjoying it at the place it was created is another. If you ever travel to Italy and find yourself wanting a memory to last a lifetime, then these three wineries will surely do the trick. Ferrari Trento Starting in 1902, Ferarri Trento is now a wonderland…
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 MoreVenturini Baldini – Organic Italian Sparkling Wine
The Venturini Baldini company was founded in 1976, located in the Matildiche Hills in Emilia Romagna in Italy. The Venturini Baldini family started their production of Sparkling Wine the same year, the estate has 130 hectares, but only 32 of those hectares are planted with vineyards, the hills on which the vines are grown reach an…
Read MoreHow Sparkling Wine Can Effect A Cocktail
1 Cocktail, 2 Sparkling Wines I’ve made a lot of Cocktails here on Glass of Bubbly, but I’ve never tried the same Cocktail with two different Sparkling Wines. Today I’ve created 1 cocktail twice, and in each contain a different Sparkling Wine, one from Italy and one from Slovenia. To make this Cocktail, all you…
Read MoreGladius – For The Roman Empire
“Usus est rerum omnium magister” – Julius Caesar For these who don’t speak Latin, including me, this translates to ‘experience is the teacher of all things.’ You can read and observe all you want, but until you interact with the world, you will never know the way to live your life. In ancient Rome, the…
Read MoreSparkling Wine at Cascina Pastori
On a beautiful sunny day in June, I drove through the hills of Piedmont and arrived at Cascina Pastori. Together with the owners, Andrea and Antonio Colombo and their dog Ken, we welcome our English friends for an interesting wine tasting of the present vintages of the wines of Colombo family, mainly Pinot Noir but also…
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