Someones been drinking a lot of Champagne!
Despite flat sales during the first 6 months trading, Möet Hennessy, part of the luxury brand LVMH, and owners of prestige brands like Möet et Chandon and Veuve Clicquot, has…
Category: Champagne
10 facts about cork!
10 facts about cork! Cork comes from the bark of Cork Oak Trees, an evergreen that grows to around 20m high. Cork oak trees are not cut down, they are…
Why are there different shaped wine glasses?
There is a purpose behind the different types of wine glasses and the high majority are purely aimed to enhance the overall experience! Red wine should ideally be served in…
How dangerous is your Champagne?
There’s always something truly decadent and wonderful about opening a bottle of Champagne, the anticipation, the occasion; a great event or perhaps a treat. Yet Champagne and other sparkling wines…
Is there a ‘holy grail’ for food and wine pairing?
Having a dinner party and stressing about what wine to have with what dishes? Not sure where to start? Does it feel like a quest into the unknown? Well the…
It’s not just wine….. it’s M and S award winning wine!
Thursday saw Wine School of Excellence delivering another tutored wine tasting event for Marks and Spencer (M & S). This time we were in Beverley in South Yorkshire. The M…
Every year is a vintage year!!!
Every year is a vintage year!!!! The vintage year is the year a wine was produced and the characteristics of that particular year. In simple terms, all young wine is…
Beheading Champagne!
Opening a bottle of Champagne is always something to celebrate but watching a bottle being open with a sword is something else!!! Legend has it that during Napoleon’s crusades across…
