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Raventos i Blanc – De Nit 2011

By Glass of Bubbly / 17th February 2014

Innovating through the monastrell variety which brings complexity and elegance in colour, maintaining the usual freshness and concentration of our sparklings. Estate: The soil on the estate is calcareous and dates from the oldest period of the Penedès valley, some 16 million years ago, when it was still covered by the Mediterranean. The River Anoia has carved…

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Raventos i Blanc

By Glass of Bubbly / 17th February 2014

1. – History: of a family inextricably linked to their land: a winemaking tradition going back over 500 years. The Raventós i Blanc estate, which has belonged to the Raventós family since 1497, covers 90 ha of vineyards, woodlands and a lake in Sant Sadurní d’Anoia. It represents possibly the most longstanding winemaking enterprise in the hands of…

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An Introduction To Sparkling Wine


By Glass of Bubbly / 10th February 2014

I remember my first trip to New York. I went with work and got put in business class, which I’d never travelled in before. I was nailing all the free stuff in the lounge before the flight, and then once we got on the plane there were only about 10 of us in the whole…

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Sparkling Wine Production

By Glass of Bubbly / 27th January 2014

Most sparkling wines go through two fermentations: one to turn the grape juice into still wine (the base wine) and the second to turn the base wine into sparkling wine. The second fermentation involves adding yeast and sugar to the base wine. The yeast converts the added sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide (CO2 Gas) bubbles. The…

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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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