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What Is Spumante?
When you think about Sparkling Wine from countries like Italy, Spain and France, you think of Prosecco, Cava and Champagne, but there are more Sparkling Wines to explore in these countries, rather than just from these regions, for this article I am going to focus on Spumante from Italy. What is Spumante? Spumante is a…
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An Amazing Apricot Fizz Cocktail
We were recently asked by Daniela from Cooking New Stories on a video message for our suggestion of an Apricot fizz cocktail to enjoy and here was our response. The Sparkling Wine – Pere Ventura Pere Ventura Family Wine Estates has three wineries under their name, with one being Pere Ventura, the winery is…
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An Easy Guide For Tasting Champagne
Whether you are tasting Champagne or Sparkling Wine, you do it the same way. In this article I focus on Champagne, to help pick out the aromas and flavours in your glass. It is easy to get the technique down, it just takes time to be able to identify the aromas and flavours, the more…
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Which is the best Sparkling Wine to go with Creamy Cheese?
One of the most popular pairings for wine, almost any style of wine, will have to be cheese. The variety of flavours that both wines and cheese hold gives us a near infinite pairing combination to explore. There are dry, strong, creamy, fruity, spicy, sweet, herbal and much more in both wine and cheese tasting…
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100 Award Winning Sparkling Wines that should be on your Wine Menu
I have not tasted each and every sparkling wine around the world so of course, I can only base my recommendations from my own tasting experience which now stands at over 10,000 labels reviewed. From wonderful vintage Champagnes to red sparkling wines produced by farmers on the hills in Slovenia, I have done my fair…
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How is Champagne Different to Sparkling Wine?
There is nothing quite like a bottle of fizz for a celebration. Champagne and other sparkling wines add a little something special. For some people, there may not seem to be much difference between Champagne and other types of sparkling wine, but there is some difference. In basic terms, all Champagne is sparkling wine but…
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Four Sparkling Wines to Order Online
It can be hard to stay positive during lockdown. All of your favourite bars and restaurants are closed, and you need to stay home all the time. Luckily there’s some healing power in a glass (or two) of good bubbly. Spritzy and refreshing, there’s something celebratory about it. We’re not the only ones that think…
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Tasting Vintage Sparkling Wines From Around The World – 2015
With every great harvest, a vintage is sure to follow, this new series exclusive to Glass of Bubbly will take you around the world tasting the vintages of different years. To start our series off, we are going back 5 years to 2015, where we will be trying 4 different Sparkling Wines from 4 different…
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The Secrets Behind Sparkling Wines
Like all other wines, the concept behind the creation of sparkling wines is fermentation. The production of sparkling wines is however considered the most technical, largely due to the complex fermentation process. It is believed that re-fermentation errors were the reasons behind bubbles in wines in the mid-1500s, but Europeans perfected the art of developing…
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