Christopher Walkey
Putting Slovenian Sparkling Wine on the Map
Slovenia is part of the European Union and is bordered by a total of four countries which are Italy, Austria, Croatia and Hungary. The population of Slovenia is fairly small at just over 2 million with the area of the country being around 7,827 square miles. The land is very lush and green with much…
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A Touch of Cornish
During my university years I used to live in Devon and next to the popular, and thanks to Fawlty Towers, now world famous English Riviera town of Torquay. Where my teenage years were spent was a bedroom sat just a few hundred metres away from the beaches in Paignton and nearly 200 miles west of…
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10 Shades of Rosé Slovenian Sparkling Wines
We hold many wine tastings for those consumers who are intrigued to know that little bit more about sparkling wines and one of the most popular facts that surprise many starting off their journey of wine education is that black grapes do not contain red grape juice and that white wines can be produced from…
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English Sparkling Wine with Pie & Mash
Coming from East London myself I am very familiar with pie and mash, I have visited many times varied shops selling this quite basic yet globally famous dish. History of Pie & Mash The east end of London was generally seen as the working class and cheaper area of the capital mostly down to the…
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Supermarket Fizz: Part 5 Cava ‘Irresistible’
“Co-op Group is the UK’s largest mutual business, owned by millions of UK consumers.” When it comes to finding some decent wine within UK supermarkets there is plenty of choice to indulge in. Many supermarkets that are household names now stock quite in-depth wine lists and especially visible within the larger stores – A lot…
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Typical Austrian Food & Fizz
Having recently, quite literally, popped over to Austria thanks to an invitation to the Slovenian winery Radgonske gorice, I simply had to indulge in some fine ‘hearty’ Austrian cuisine whilst I was there. Austria is landlocked with eight countries bordering it (hard for me to imagine as I now live with sea views from my…
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Food Pairings with Online Orders from Champagne Hub
The beauty of Champagne is that is both a great wine to drink and equally impressive when paired with foods. Without doubt the popularity of pairing Champagne with food has grown and expanded without fear so we are much more accepting to and agreeing with titles such as ‘Pairing Champagne with Fish & Chips‘ and…
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The best wine for your Turkey Dinner
To be honest, if you have a nice wine on your table, whatever the style and you are blessed to be enjoying a nice turkey dinner then what more can you ask for? Though, if we really want to take things that bit further and have time and a small budget to select a perfect…
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2017 Halfpenny Green Brut from Threshers
It may surprise many and indeed raise an eyebrow or two if I mention that some fine English sparkling wine is being produced up near Wolverhampton. It is usually the south of England that has claimed the fame of holding the vines that are producing the best English wines and fizz, but the fine wine…
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