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Opening a Bottle of Sparkling Wine

Bottle of Sparkling Wine

Everyone at some point of time must have got fascinated by the popping open of a sparkling wine bottle. If this is how you open your bubbly then you’re doing it all wrong! A high pressure inside the bottle makes your wine overflow. It also takes away all the bubbles (carbon dioxide) from your bubbly […]

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Back When Sparkling Wines Were A Problem, Not A Treat

Dom Pérignon - Man behind sparkling wine.

Sparkling wines today are in a league of their own. Yet, it is impossible to trace back in time who made the first bubbly. The presence of fizz in wine has been observed throughout the history and documented by writers in Ancient Greece & Rome. Back then, effervescence was considered a wine fault, rather than […]

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The Hidden Gems of Cool-Climate – Tasmanian Wines

Tasmanian wines

Winemaking is not new to Tasmania. It was one of the Australian regions where vines were first planted. Yet, it remained an overlooked piece of Australian wine puzzle for years. The things have changed now, though. The hidden beauty of this most southerly of Australia's Geographical Indications has been well explored. The credit goes to […]

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