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Wine Border Regions – Slovenia & Croatia (Bizeljsko Sremič)
Slovenia gives us nine wonderful grape producing districts, within three main regions located on the eastern and western sides of the land. These wine regions spread out to the borders and touch upon the neighbouring countries of Italy, Austria, Hungary and Croatia. A total of 33,000 hectares of vineyards, 30,000 grape producers with 2,300 growers…
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Relationship between Romance & Fizz
When we think of true romance, many of us picture scattered rose petals, Champagne, and candles. It’s no coincidence that bubbly is considered a staple for celebrating romance around the globe. In fact, Champagne has represented love since the 18th century when Louis XV’s favourite mistress – Madame de Pompadour – declared that “Champagne is…
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Valentine’s Day: Love in Lockdown
Less than ideal circumstances doesn’t have to mean less than ideal celebrations this Valentine’s Day. If you’re looking to make the most of this lovely holiday during lockdown, we’ve got plenty of great ideas to help you celebrate with your partner this year. Whether you’re quarantining together or experiencing a long-distance lockdown, these ideas will…
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Valentine’s Day Sparkling Wines
Valentine’s Day is going to be very different for a lot of people this year, but it doesn’t mean you can’t find a way to celebrate it with the one you love. Like clockwork, February 14th comes every year and with it the day of love, or just strongly like, just in case you haven’t…
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Sparkling Wine Mountains and Rivers: The River Marne
Both famous names and both ingredients of providing the world with some of the finest sparkling wines. I am speaking of the Champagne region and a famous river that runs through it, the River Marne. Standing up on the hills full of vines I have many times looked down towards this river and been delighted…
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Tasting Vintage Sparkling Wines From Around The World – 2016
With every great harvest, a vintage is sure to follow, welcome back to the third article of this exclusive series to Glass of Bubbly, which will take you around the world tasting the vintages of different years. We’ve already done two vintage years with 2014 and 2015 vintage sparkling wines, let’s now explore the tastes…
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Pinot Noir – Black Grape and yet White Sparkling Wine?
Grapes come in all sorts of sizes and colours and very much differ in qualities / flavours. I’m sure many will remember like I do, as a child, that when grapes were in the fruit bowl it was always far more exciting than those boring old apples or oranges. The only downfall to grapes were…
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Fizz & Treats for Republic Day
The day India officially became a Republic is marked on 26th January every year. At the time of writing, Boris Johnson the UK Prime Minister had been invited as Chief Guest for the occasion in 2021 however had to cancel the trip due to the situation with Covid at home and globally. Although Indian independence…
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Touraine Sparkling Wine
Touraine is an immense region, so big that the famous region of Vouvray lies entirely within it! The Touraine region itself is said to stretch the whole way from Chinon in the West, all the way to Orleans in the North-East, down to Valencay in the South East. The reality is that bottles of all…
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