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Should Champagne houses list disgorgement dates on bottles?
Should Champagne houses and sparkling wine list disgorgement dates on their bottles? Most Champagne houses don’t put disgorgement dates on their bottles, however, Bruno Paillard have been putting disgorgement dates on their bottles for nearly 30 years and were the first to do so. Other Champagne houses that also list disgorgement dates include: Lanson, Krug, Dom Perignon, Bollinger, Tarlent, Charles…
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Gusbourne Estate
Gusbourne Estate is one of the most exciting and ambitious names in English wine. Located in the Garden of England in Kent at Appledore it is a two hundred hectare Estate on a single site with twenty hectares under vine cultivation with Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier grapes. The entire estate consists of south-facing slopes.…
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Carr Taylor
Carr Taylor is a family business and have been making fine English wines since the estate was first planted in 1971. They have a total of 37 acres. The vineyard lies in an area of outstanding natural beauty, in the heart of 1066 country of East Sussex. . Their sparkling wine is slightly fruitier than traditional…
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Nyetimber and The Vineyard at Stockcross.
My very first interest in learning more about wine started during an English Wine Producers‘ tasting at the Great British Cheese Festival around 10 years ago. The realisation that there could be a future in producing wine made from grapes grown in this country, ignited a real excitement in me that wine had failed to do in the past and…
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Navigate Your Way To The Whisky Fizz Cocktail
Christmas is close and we have a task to complete, we must Naviagte our way using the Star of Bethlehem to find the Garden of Eden, there we will find the Orchard House which contains a Cocktail and its ingredients that will make you feel as though the beautiful English fruits and garden herbs have been…
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What To Drink On Elf Day?
It’s going to be a busy month for Santa’s little helpers, so before they get into the brunt of their work, let’s sit down and enjoy a glass of bubbly with them. Today, the 3rd of December 2021 is Elf Day, it was created by the Alzheimer’s Society with the aim to get everyone into…
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Christmas Prosecco Cocktail Gift Box
Do you want to try a new Prosecco and also create your own Cocktail at the comfort of your own home? This is an exciting box to receive in the post, most of us love a bottle of Prosecco, but to add to that, get all the ingredients you need to create a delicious cocktail…
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What does Sans Dosage mean?
An important part in the making of sparkling wines globally is the sugar levels. We can today choose from those heavy in sweetness and then also the complete opposite with others being bone dry. From Champagne to Prosecco, we can select our sweetness levels to suit our preferences and requirements. In amongst the descriptions letting…
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10 Fun Facts about Prosecco
For many of us, when we hear of bubbles in our wine glass, the word Prosecco comes to mind. It’s the most popular sparkling wine in volume of sales in the UK even out selling Champagne. One of Italy’s most famous creations and with a worldwide fan base, Prosecco is in fact quite a bit…
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