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Understanding the Flavours Inside the Bottle Before you Pop the Cork
Describing the tastes of traditional- method sparkling wine is always challenging: the bubbles, especially in a very young cuvée, can be quite punchy and aggressive, often masking the true nature of the wine. The best Champagnes and the serious competition nowadays from Oregon to OltrepòPavese, by way of Trento & Franciacorta, need a certain amount…
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Trophy Winners from The World’s Finest Glass of Bubbly Awards 2019
Light & Fruity – Fitz Sparkling Wine – Fitz Pink – England A light and easy to drink fruity wine. England’s first pink Charmat method sparkling wine is light bodied and dry. A refreshing and vibrant red berry fruit flavour sparkling wine which is very easy to drink. Meditation – Motzenbäcker – Rosé Brut –…
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Prosecco vs Champagne – Bottega asks the Question
A recent email and suggestion to us from Sandro Bottega, founder of Italian winery and distillery Bottega SPA, grabbed my attention as he wanted to take a look at how Prosecco was comparing against Champagne and especially when it came to food. Having just released a new book dedicated to sparkling wines and food, (The…
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Pair Cheese With Sparkling Wine
Who doesn’t love either of the ingredients in the title – Cheese and Sparkling Wines! Where though do we start when it comes to pairing them together, a growing trend and a very rewarding one too if you can get the perfect match? I have had many a fine cheese and fizz tasting and there…
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What is the difference between Champagne and other Sparkling Wines?
When it comes to bubbles in your wine then the name which stands out most for many would undoubtedly be Champagne. Though world famous and drunk by millions globally every day, Champagne is a very exclusive style of wine that is only produced from a classified region of France totalling just 34,000 or so hectares.…
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Crémant; An expression of France
Though in the shadow of the country’s most famous wine region, Champagne, there is still so very much to celebrate for France’s somewhat forgotten sparkling wine region of Crémant. Boasting over 10,000 hectares of vineyards and set out within varied regions of rich land across the country so to give a diversity in flavours, Crémant…
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What is the General Alcohol by Volume for Sparkling Wines and Champagnes?
Are you looking to unlock your wild side with the help of a little bit of bubbly? Then you’re going to want to know the alcohol content of your drinks. After all, whether you are trying to be the life of the party or work up the courage to use the Naughtydate dating website, you…
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The World’s Finest Glass of Bubbly Awards 2019 Results
The results are in from The World’s Finest Glass of Bubbly Awards 2019. We would like to thank every wine label that submitted their wines to be judged by over 50 of the world’s top wine professionals over two days at one of our main sponsors Marriott County Hall Hotel in Westminster. Each wine went…
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Slovenian Sparkling Wines – Frangež and Ducal Wineries
Frangež Sparkling House Winery Great woody and pleasant warm atmosphere characterize very popular sparkling wines winery, located on the Austrian border on Podravje Wine Region in the North. The neighbour of great Radgonske Gorice Winery. Anyone who prefers the traditional classic would appreciate eight sparkling wines produced with the Traditional Method Champenoise, while the other…
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