A toast to Champagne
Health benefits of Champagne. Given Champagne’s sweet taste and added sugars, you may think that it’s a high carb wine. However, a 150ml serving generally provides just three to four grams of carbs, with only 1.5 grams from sugar. Hence, among white wines, Champagne may…
Simply bubblicious!
Champagne is the drink of choice for celebratory events, essentially for toasts. While you enjoy your glass of bubbly, here is some interesting information on Champagne that includes the quirky but true. Glasses to a bottle There are six full glasses of champagne per 750ml…
Care for Champagne
Champagne is one of the most recognized beverages because of its bubbly appearance. For newbies to this sparkling drink, here are some answers to common questions on how to store Champagne and enjoy it at optimum quality. What is the proper way to store Champagne?…
Types of Champagne
As you shop for Champagne, whether you are looking to spend a little or a lot, it’s important to know that there are different types. They’ll all be from the Champagne region of France. However, various types will offer unique flavours, colours, and even mouth…
Why Champagne is so expensive
It’s based on the region The Champagne region of France is home to a $5 billion industry. Why? Literally all Champagne is produced there, and many people want the real deal. As the region is very small – covering a total of only 34,000 hectares…
Fabled Tuscany
In Italian, the word for Tuscany is Toscana. From its dry whites to it full-bodied reds, the Tuscany wine region in Italy is one of the most acclaimed in Europe, with its wines being the most easily recognized wines internationally. There are a lot of…
Top Italian wines
Among Italy’s best, Barbaresco is the queen of Barolo’s’ king. Barbaresco Like the famous Barolo, Barbaresco wine is also made from the small, thin skinned Nebbiolo grapes. Originating from the Piedmont region of Northwestern Italy, the notable Barbaresco is aged for two years, before its…
Barolo – King of Italian wines
The indisputable king of Italian wines, Barolo sits alongside French Champagne, Burgundy, and costly Bordeaux. Barolo wines are known for their high tannins and acidity, with a great deal of flavour imparted by the oak of the casks in which they are aged. The result…
Acqua Panna – perfected by time
Each drop naturally filtered and perfected by time in a 14-year journey from spring to bottle. Acqua Panna water was founded at the Panna estate in Tuscany, dating back to the Renaissance period. The year 1564 is representative of the heritage of Acqua Panna, when…
The natural purity of Acqua Panna
Water from the spring, bottled untouched. One of the world’s largest bottled water brands, Acqua Panna is fine quality still natural mineral water. Its source is located 1,100 metres (3,700 feet) high in the Apennine Mountains of Tuscany, to the north of Florence, in Italy….
