Here's how to pick a great local sparkling wine to drink instead of champagne
8 years, 6 months ago

Here's how to pick a great local sparkling wine to drink instead of champagne

Daily Mail  

After a poor harvest due to terrible weather conditions, there's a worldwide shortage of champagne at the moment. But wine drinkers shouldn't stress, because according to wine expert Maxine Harris, there are plenty of local Australian sparking wines that are just as good as French champagne. Disaster: France is facing a champagne shortage due to bad weather conditions Go south: The best sparking wines are made in cool climates, so pick a Tasmanian wine instead of a champagne Sparking wine is traditionally made in cool climates, which is why Tasmania is a popular spot and makes fantastic alternatives to champagne. This means that it's easy to find a great sparkling wine that will stand up to your favourite French champers, and Ms Harris has tips to ensure you pick a great drop. 'Australia’s top sparkling wines are produced using Méthode Champenoise – a traditional method used to create the world’s finest Champagne,' Ms Harris explained.

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Wine Watch: Better bubbles for a sparkling festive season
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Wine Watch: Better bubbles for a sparkling festive season

Dutch News  

Each month, our resident wine expert, Vicky Hampton, selects her pick of wines that befit the season for those on a budget and those with a little more cash to splash. If you taste a sparkling wine that has bready, biscuity flavours, chances are it’s been made using the traditional method. Magnificent mid-range: Pongrácz Rosé, Stellenbosch, South Africa In South …

How Winebuyers is connecting makers with their market
4 years, 7 months ago

How Winebuyers is connecting makers with their market

The Independent  

It started at an auction. You can get people to bid for wine, but it’s slow and it’s a crude platform.” Despite which, he turned his initial £3k, buying and selling, into £300k in around 18 months. He sent out a tentative email one night around 3am, thinking “if I get 30 replies in a month I’ll run with it.” …

Wines of the week: 7 sparklers sparkling
5 years, 4 months ago

Wines of the week: 7 sparklers sparkling

The Independent  

Sign up to IndyEat's free newsletter for weekly recipes, foodie features and cookbook releases Get our food and drink newsletter for free Get our food and drink newsletter for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. One of the pleasures of the festive season is the excuse to open a …

Crémant sales soar as experts dub the sparkling wine a rival to prosecco
7 years ago

Crémant sales soar as experts dub the sparkling wine a rival to prosecco

The Independent  

Sign up to IndyEat's free newsletter for weekly recipes, foodie features and cookbook releases Get our food and drink newsletter for free Get our food and drink newsletter for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Latest figures released by the Wine and Spirit Trade Association also reveal a growing …

Hard Rock’s resident wine guy gives his New Year’s Eve drink recommendations
7 years, 3 months ago

Hard Rock’s resident wine guy gives his New Year’s Eve drink recommendations

Associated Press  

SIOUX CITY | As Hard Rock Hotel & Casino’s food and beverage manager, Michael Hesebeck is expected to be knowledgeable about all types of New Year’s Eve wines and spirits. “No, this did not go according to plan,” Hesebeck said, laughing as he cleaned off the back wall of the casino’s Wine Bar. “And what’s more traditional than champagne on …

Is Champagne losing its fizz?
8 years, 5 months ago

Is Champagne losing its fizz?

Daily Mail  

Champagne might be the traditional beverage to mark special occasions and celebrations. But it seems that thrifty - and trend-seeking Brits - are opting for sparkling wine instead as new research reveals a year-on-year decline in consumption of the French fizz. Scroll down for video The UK is beginning to fall out of love with the posh bubbly, pictured above, …

Wines of the week: Three French alternatives to Champagne and Prosecco
8 years, 7 months ago

Wines of the week: Three French alternatives to Champagne and Prosecco

The Independent  

Sign up to IndyEat's free newsletter for weekly recipes, foodie features and cookbook releases Get our food and drink newsletter for free Get our food and drink newsletter for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Bouvet Saumur Rosé Brut NV The House of Bouvet Ladubay in St Hilaire de …

Daily Mail wine expert's guide to picking a perfect prosecco
9 years, 11 months ago

Daily Mail wine expert's guide to picking a perfect prosecco

Daily Mail  

Residents and tourists in Venice have for years delighted in their local, laid-back fizz. According to industry figures released this month, we’ve developed such a taste for prosecco that last year UK sales overtook those of champagne for the first time — £181.8 million compared with £141.3 million. One UK wine importer, David Gleave from Liberty Wines, tried to sell …

Southern state's strong shift into sparkling wine
10 years, 9 months ago

Southern state's strong shift into sparkling wine

ABC  

For the third year running, a third of Tasmania's total grape crop is being made into sparkling wine. Over the past five years, table wine's share of the Tasmanian grape harvest has fallen from around 80 to 70 per cent, as sparkling production has risen. David Sanderson says part of the reason is that the state's wine makers have stopped …

Anthony Rose: 'Tasmania is rapidly becoming Australia's 'little Champagne''
13 years, 9 months ago

Anthony Rose: 'Tasmania is rapidly becoming Australia's 'little Champagne''

The Independent  

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Sparkling conversation
28 years, 8 months ago

Sparkling conversation

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