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Dec 26, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Sophia Longhi
A celebratory bottle of bubbly doesn’t just mean champagne any more. Sure, it could be champagne, but it also could be méthode Tasmanoise, crémant or even English or Indian sparkling wine. Whether it’s dryness, flavour, or a specific country of origin or you’re looking for, there is a fizz to fit the bill. Here’s a selection of the best supermarket, wine club and online picks to raise a glass with.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
msn.com | Sophia Longhi
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Sophia Longhi
Party season is around the corner, but that doesn’t have to mean overdoing the booze until we try to undo the excesses in Dry January. The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. If you’re avoiding alcohol, there are plenty of good alternatives to sparkling wine that still feel celebratory and make that great sound when you pop the cork. And, for once, we can toast to “our good health” and actually mean it.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
msn.com | Sophia Longhi
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
msn.com | Sophia Longhi
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
telegraph.co.uk | Sophia Longhi
Tuscany is perhaps the most famous of all Italian wine regions Getty As wine lovers in the UK, we’re in the enviable position of being a hop, skip and a jump away from Europe’s great wine regions. Bordeaux, the world’s most popular wine destination with 6.8 million visitors a year, is less than a two-hour flight away, while the home of everyone’s favourite bubbly, Champagne, can be easily reached by rail. The appeal of swirling a glass of wine overlooking the vineyards it came from is...
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
uk.style.yahoo.com | Sophia Longhi
As wine lovers in the UK, we’re in the enviable position of being a hop, skip and a jump away from Europe’s great wine regions. Bordeaux, the world’s most popular wine destination with 6.8 million visitors a year, is less than a two-hour flight away, while the home of everyone’s favourite bubbly, Champagne, can be easily reached by rail.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
cluboenologique.com | Sophia Longhi |Kate Malczewski |Louella Berryman
It’s considered the greatest inventory of aged Scotch whisky in the world. The Gordon family – the household behind William Grant & Sons, which is home to brands such as Glenfiddich and The Balvenie – has been laying down their own casks for almost a century. Since the Roaring Twenties, they’ve acted as custodians of some of the most precious liquids ever distilled.
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Jul 23, 2024 | 
cluboenologique.com | Sophia Longhi |Kate Malczewski |Louella Berryman |Mathilda Hill-Smith
Champagne has earned a special place in the hearts of many wine lovers for its extraordinary ability to transcend the vagaries of vintage using the art of blending. Though specific years have delivered the optimal conditions for notable vintage releases, the pursuit of a ‘perfect year’ – based on the finest vintages combined – has resulted in the creation of an icon by Laurent-Perrier in 1959: Grand Siècle.
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Jul 22, 2024 | 
cluboenologique.com | Sophia Longhi |Kate Malczewski |Louella Berryman |Millie Milliken
Throughout Scotch whisky’s existence, distilleries have opened and closed at the whim of economies, world wars, shifts in ownership and changes of fortune. As a result of such turmoil, many have lain dormant for decades, haunting the rugged Scottish landscape with their fading facades. Whisky lovers are perennially fascinated by these so-called ghost distilleries – where production has ceased, but bottles are still available.
