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Rhubarb and Almond Tart With Sparkling Wine
The Afternoon Tea, or its more substantial High Tea sibling with both sweet and savoury options, is a meal opportunity that cries out for sparkling wine. Just to be clear, I will happily drink sparkling wine with a toasted sandwich or a stick of baguette, I don’t need the whole extended spread as an excuse…
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The World’s Best Sommelier of 2023 – Raimonds Tomsons
On 12 February 2023, Latvia’s Raimonds Tomsons was named winner of the ASI (Association de la Sommellerie Internationale) Best Sommelier of the World contest held at La Defense Arena, near Paris. It took him many years of very hard work to finally achieve his goal. A person from a country with just around 30 years…
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An Outstanding 2022 for PROSECCO DOC Consortium
More than 638,000,000 bottles were sold UK volume increased by 3.5% over 2021 The Prosecco DOC Consortium announced an increase in total Prosecco DOC production volume in 2022 with more than a proportional increase in sales value. Production volume rose by 1.8 percent over 2021 and sales value increased by 11.5 percent over 2021,…
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Wine and Culture: How Wine Has Shaped Art and History
If there is one factor that has really influenced human history, then it has to be wine! Wine, booze, spirits, and alcohol have started wars, caused humankind to spread, and have built up a lot of empires and industries in the world. So here’s what you need to know about how wine has shaped art,…
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Interview with Hélène de Troyes: Champagne Hélène Beaugrand
Descendant of a long line of vignerons in the Aube region, Hélène Beaugrand launched her eponymous house in 2018 with six cuvées from her three hectares of vines in Montgueux. The village is some 10 km from Troyes and known as the Montrachet of Champagne with some of the most illustrious houses competing to source…
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Canadian Bubbly, eh?
Canada is at once large and small. If travelling along the Trans Canada Highway across the breadth of the country, east to west, you would cover 4,860 miles or 7,821 km. But it is also small when viewed in terms of the total global wine production volume (26.7 billion litres) where Canada represents only 0.3%…
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Born From Fire: What’s So Special About Volcanic Sparkling Wine?
What is unique about sparkling wine made from volcanic vines? Wine buyer Ben Franks explains why these fire-born fizz producers are some of the finest he’s ever tried. Over the years I have built a career on knowing the weird and wonderful wines of the world that we don’t get to try enough of here…
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Uncorked: Differentiating Sparkling Wines of the World
Pop, fizz, clink! You have a celebration approaching, and you need a bottle of bubbles to celebrate. But what wine should you buy? And when you are in the store staring at the array of wines on the shelves, what is the difference between the many types of sparkling wine? Here is your guide to…
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How is Champagne Made – A Deep Insight into the Production of the Noble Sparkling Wine
Champagne is a luxurious sparkling wine made exclusively in the Champagne region of France. But how is Champagne made and what ingredients does it consist of? In this article, we will take a deeper look into how sparkling wine is made and what sparkling wine is made of. The grapes – the basis for the…
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