Posts Tagged ‘No.1 Family Estate’
What Are The Sparkling Wine Classifications?
Each country has its own classifications for its Sparkling Wines, for example, France has the Champagne Region and in that region, you’ll find the likes of Grand Cru and Premier Cru, but what do they mean? In the Prosecco Region in Italy, you’ll find DOC and DOCG, do you know what that really tells you?…
Read MoreThe Art of a Wine Label – In Another Life
With the thousands of Sparkling Wines that I’ve tasted over the years, I’ve come across hundreds of different kinds of labels, all with their own story to tell. From different colours, fonts and sizes, young and old, vibrant and dark, from the animals, landmarks, towns, villages, and maps of the vineyard in which the grapes…
Read MoreNew Zealand Sparkling Wine – How To Be No.1
Welcome to the country next to the one down under, part of the biggest empire to span across the globe, home to the Kiwi bird and some amazing Sparkling Wine. New Zealand is a fascinating country that is worth learning a bit about, especially its marvelous wine region. The first vineyard in New Zealand was…
Read MoreNew Zealand Kiwi Fizz Cocktail
Welcome to New Zealand, settle down, relax and prepare to enjoy a New Zealand inspired Fizz Cocktail along with a couple of interesting facts you may not have known. First sighted by the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman, the country was later mapped by James Cook. The famous New Zealand Haka is performed to display a…
Read MoreSea Breeze Sparkling Wine
Sun, Sea and Sand, a perfect combination, but for some reason I’ve always felt that it’s been missing something, a fizzy drink maybe? Sun, Sea, Sand and Sparkling Wine, the new perfect combination. The Sea Breeze category is very popular and well liked among the Glass of Bubbly Judges, with it even being a favourite…
Read MoreMeditate With A Glass of Bubbly
Imagine yourself standing on the beach, with the sun shining down on you, the sand beneath your feet and waves gently brushing your heels, you look down to your hand and see a wine glass. But it’s empty… You come back into the real world and realise you need to pick the right Sparkling Wine…
Read More9 Simple Steps To Create The Perfect Sparkling Halloween Pumpkin Punch
With Halloween getting closer it’s about time to start planning that perfect haunted Halloween party with ghosts, ghouls, the undead, candy and pumpkins. I’m going to show you how to stand out this year by being creative, so grab yourself a pumpkin and let’s get started. I used a smaller pumpkin for this example but it…
Read MoreStrawberry Fizz with a mix of Mexican Character
Cocktails do not always have to be complicated to make, require in-depth ingredients and all the snazzy bar paraphernalia in order to produce something you and your guests will enjoy – Sometimes in can be simple and easy! Just like a wizard with his potion collection, we have ourselves a vast sample selection chez Glass…
Read MoreNo 1 Family Estate – Cuvée No.1 – Silver Fruity & Floral
Congratulations to No 1 Family Estate with their Cuvée No.1 which received a silver medal at The World’s Finest Glass of Bubbly awards 2017. A panel of 36 top industry wine judges tasted all the entries for 2017 and were able to not only scores wines with medals, but also place them in to easy to understand…
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