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Budget Sparkling White Wines to Toast the New Year

24 December 2011
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The clock is chiming midnight, the strains of Auld Lang Syne are echoing around the room and glasses of Champagne are being raised to toast the New Year. Sounds familiar? But how many glasses of Champagne are likely to be raised to welcome in 2012 when so many people are cash-strapped and the financial forecasts [...]

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Wolf Blass Pinot Noir Chardonnay Sparkling Brut 2008

9 September 2011
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Putting the ‘sham’ in Champagne, Wolf Blass is one of many, many winemakers worldwide defying the French AOC’s entitlement to the holy grail of sparkling wine grape combinations and giving it a go themselves. And why not? With a birth in the family in recent weeks we’ve been popping more corks than we normally have [...]

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How to Create the Ideal Romantic Champagne Breakfast for Valentine’s Day

8 February 2011
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A boozy breakfast – what’s not to love about that? And when the booze in question is quality Champagne, served on the most romantic day of the year and accompanied by delicious food, you have a recipe for an unforgettable start to Valentine’s Day. If you’re planning a Champagne breakfast as a special Valentine’s Day [...]

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Personalised White Wine

15 November 2010
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It’s a commonly-posed question among shoppers looking for gifts: what do you buy the person who has everything? In an age where the internet has opened up the possibility of picking up virtually anything money can buy and often at spectacularly low prices, it can be difficult to think of presents that are genuinely original. [...]

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French Connection Champagne

14 October 2010
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Thanks to Sarah at Bottle Green I was able to sample this Champagne recently. The champagne has been launched to celebrate 10 years of French Connection Wines (no connection to a certain clothing company!) It’s fairly new in the UK, stocked in Morrisons and priced at £19.99 The producer is Les Roches Blanches and according [...]

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