Best Sparkling Red Wines Sparkling red wine is a very Australian thing. I don’t claim we invented it of course, I’m a big fan of Emilia-Romagna’s delicious Lambrusco and have enjoyed red espumante in Portugal, but sparkling red wines have been part of the Australian wine industry since the late 1800s, when they were called […]
Champagne Cocktails There’s nothing like bubbles to get everyone in a party mood. While Champagne is the traditional fizz of choice, sparkling wines from other French regions, Italy, Australia and New Zealand can also do the job. Join me on a Food & Wine Adventure soon! Often at a fraction of the cost too, especially […]
Top 5 Prosecco Cocktails Prosecco (also known as glera) is a grape traditionally grown in Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia in north-eastern Italy, where it’s made into a light, creamy sparkling white wine also called Prosecco. Join me on a food & wine tour of northern Italy – home of Prosecco cocktails.See Video below For Highlights! […]
Best Italian Sparkling Wines Italy’s sparkling wines, or ones named for them, were many people’s first foray into the world of bubbles. Join me on a Food & Wine Tour of Northern ItalyHome To The Best Italian Sparkling Wines! Coming of drinking age in Australia in the early ’80s, it was a glass of lambrusco […]
What is this term, pet nat, appearing on crown-sealed bottles of cloudy fizz? It’s shorthand for the French pétillant naturel, or ‘sparkling natural’. Sure pet nats are one of the latest things in the world of natural wine … but then everything old is new again, and these are made by the simplest and oldest […]
Nothing says ‘celebration’ quite like a glass of fizz. Champagne, prosecco, and the other usual culprits, are all very well – but next time you want some bubbles, try something a little left of centre. Here’s a gorgeous amber coloured fizz, one of England’s finest, sparkling sake and Swiss cider, and a gorgeous local pet […]
I have to confess that sparkling wines aren’t a passion of mine … I’d generally rather spend my alcohol quota on still wine … but some occasions just seem to call for fizz. I find good sparkling rosé a little more savoury, and therefore more versatile, than its white counterpart … and I love the […]
