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Codorníu invests big in UK market
Cava brand Codorníu plans to become the category leader in the UK, and has announced its strategic investment in the market with a London ad campaign. Spain's largest producer of organic Cava has set...
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American Airlines ditches Champagne for Ferrari
American Airlines has become the latest airline to move away from Champagne with the company now serving Ferrari Trento DOC Italian fizz on first and business class areas. According to Simply Flying,...
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Blur bassist and cheesemaker Alex James has entered into the debate about whether ice should be put into wine by recommending cubes in his new fizz brand Britpop. James made the comment in a video...
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Accolade sells House of Arras
Australian wine giant Accolade has sold its sparkling wine brand House of Arras to Handpicked Wines, including 24 hectares of vineyards, and its Bay of Fires winery in Tasmania. Handpicked is a...
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Lympstone Manor launches first sparkling wine
Lympstone Manor, chef Michael Caines' Michelin-starred Devon restaurant, hotel and wine estate, has announced the release of its 2020 Classic Cuvée. The classic method fizz is a blend of Pinot Noir,...
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Kylie seeks wine expert to work with her
Entrepreneur and musician Kylie Minogue is looking for an expert on wine as part of a £55,000 aide job, reports have claimed. The legendary Spinning Around singer is something of a connoisseur through...
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Week in pictures: 9-15 September
This week in pictures features California wine at a fashion awards, Diageo's vintage whiskies, Rémy Martin in Chicago, Irish food and French wine pairing, and rugby players at a bar in Cardiff. DAOU...
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Asti: competing with the world’s finest fizz
Although wines from the Asti Spumante DOCG and Moscato d’Asti DOCG are known for their beautiful, easy-drinking style, they are more than capable of competing with the world’s finest fizz, db...
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Gosset Celebris 2012 a ‘palette of Chardonnays’, says cellarmaster
The chaotic 2012 growing season in Champagne may have been a nightmare for vignerons, but it was a dream for blenders, according to Gosset Celebris's cellarmaster Odilon de Varine. Speaking at the...
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Champagne Salon releases 2013 vintage
Legendary Champagne house Champagne Salon has released its latest vintage, the Salon Le Mesnil Blanc de Blancs 2013 - a vintage from "an outlier year that defied all odds". The Salon Cuvee 'S' Le...
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Champagne delivered for Tory party conference but Prosecco served
Champagne was delivered for the annual Conservative Party conference this week, yet Prosecco has been served in "most areas", says attendee. Boxes of fizz, including Champagne Pommery, were...
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Moët launches new prestige cuvée
Moët & Chandon has launched a ‘new’ prestige cuvée called Collection Impériale Création No. 1 to celebrate the house's 280th anniversary, and which effectively replaces the discontinued MC111. The...
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Brad Pitt launches more ‘accessible’ Champagne cuvée, Petite Fleur
Hollywood actor turned wine entrepreneur, Brad Pitt is launching a new cuvée under his Fleur de Miraval’s Champagne brand, called Petite Fleur. The new cuvée promises to be a "more classic and...
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Terroirs & Vignerons de Champagne finalises acquisition of Champagne Henriot
Champagne’s largest cooperative group, Terroirs et Vignerons de Champagne (TEVC) – which owns Nicolas Feuillatte – has finalised its acquisition of Champagne Henriot from Artémis Domaines, it was...
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Woman makes ‘Ohio Champagne’ using Sodastream on TikTok
A TikTok user has shown how to make fizzy white wine in a viral video on the social media platform, following requests to explain her "Ohio Champagne". User Lindsay Secrest Marean produced the video...
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Pol Roger to unveil new £50 million production facility in 2024
Champagne producer Pol Roger gave the drinks business a sneak peek of its high-tech production facility that has been three years and £50 million in the making. "It's almost up and running! We're just...
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Heavyweight contender: How the 2023 Champagne harvest fared
Producers are reporting an extraordinary 2023 Champagne harvest, characterised by some of the heaviest grape bunches on record, writes Giles Fallowfield. For the majority of producers in Champagne,...
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Cava harvest ‘a warning about the future of viticulture’, says DO president
The 2023 Cava harvest, marked by prolonged drought across Spain, is a sign of things to come, Javier Pagés, president of the DO's regulatory council, tells db. The 2023 Cava harvest, which finished on...
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Champagne Lallier launches wine by new chef de cave
Réflexion R.020 is the first wine that chef de cave Dominique Demarville has created since joining Champagne Lallier in January 2021. Demarville has called it a "very emotional wine" for him. Campari...
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Champagne discounting at low level despite fear of price rises
Champagne Ayala MD Hadrien Mouflard expressed concerns about pricing in the lead-up to Christmas, when he spoke with db. As economic pressures build and the cost-of-living crisis deepens in the UK and...
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