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Paula’s Wines of the Week – Week starting 03 August 2020

Fewer champagne corks are flying thanks to the pandemic. With cessations of weddings, parties, going out to restaurants and opportunities to celebrate the famous French sparkling wine has seen sales f ...

andrew 276 views 0 likes Aug 4, 2020

Paula’s Wines of the Week – Week starting 15 June 2020

If you’re going to watch the Le Mans 24-hour motor race (usually run in June each year but for 2020 postponed until September) it’ll probably rain, rain champagne that is. Traditionally the winner’s b ...

andrew 301 views 0 likes Jun 15, 2020

Opening a bottle of fizzy wine can be a dangerous business

Paula Goddard’s Wines of the Week starting 11th November 2019 Shake a bottle of champagne before you open it and, inevitably, the cork will fly out of the bottle. With luck it won’t hit a piece of pri ...

Mark 620 views 0 likes Nov 11, 2019

How do you celebrate your end of year exams?

Paula Goddard’s Wines of the Week starting 17th June 2019 It’s the almost the end of this year’s exams. Perhaps you’ve just taken your evening class GCSE or know someone who’s handed in their ve ...

Mark 823 views 0 likes Jun 18, 2019