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English Sparkling Bluebell Vineyard Estates Hindleap

By Glass of Bubbly / 11th January 2014

I discovered Bluebell Vineyard Estates’ Hindleap on the English Wine Producers stand at the London International Wine Fair this summer. This was the first time that I’d tasted a lot of English wine in one place and it was the general quality of the sparkling rosé that really caught my attention, and this is coming…

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What’s the best way to store and serve sparkling wine?

By Glass of Bubbly / 28th November 2013

We all know that the best way to store Champagne is deep down in that cool, dark and damp cellar, though for most of us we will not have access to such a storage solution for our wines so what is the next best thing we can do? If we look at things as per…

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How many bottles of Champagne are produced each year?

How many bottles of Champagne are produced each year?

By Glass of Bubbly / 24th November 2013

Champagne produces about 300 million bottles of Champagne each year and is sold globally. The yearly sales figures have grown over recent years though now will remain around the same each year and is said to be mostly due to competition such as rival sales within Prosecco. Here’s a list of some of the Champagne…

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Sabrage - How to open Champagne with a sword

Sabrage – How to open Champagne with a sword

By Christopher Walkey / 19th November 2013

For many of us it will all be about the excitement of untwisting the cage and popping the cork of that Champagne / sparkling wine bottle, but there is another way! It dates back to the Napoleonic era when victories were often celebrated with a Champagne sabrage where the bottle is opened by sliding along…

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