Tag: champagne

How to open Champagne

With New Year’s Eve just around the corner, this extract from our introductory wine book tells you how to pop corks like a pro (and without losing half the bottle) Standing on the Winner’s Podium, the triumphant athlete shakes the Champagne bottle and releases a fountain of fizz… This image of celebration (or shocking waste, if […]

Eat, drink and sleep: Champagne

In the second of our regional guides, Champagne Specialist Edwin Dublin runs through a checklist for a trip to the region – ticking off where to stay, what to eat and who to visit. All told, Champagne produced about 307 million bottles in 2015, just a little less than Prosecco which now holds the crown […]

Summer serves: Prince of Wales

In the second of our series of light, bright cocktails to match the season’s weather, Amanda Baxter suggests a zesty twist to the classic Champagne cocktail. The Prince of Wales cocktail was actually created by HRH King Edward VII himself. A king with authentic ties to Berry Bros. & Rudd, he awarded us our first royal […]

Marking the MW moment

As Lenka Sedlackova (Sales and Marketing Manager of our wholesale arm) obtains her Master of Wine, the first of Czech origin to join the 343 in the world, we ask our MWs which bottle(s) they uncorked to celebrate the moment they passed the notoriously gruelling qualification. Lenka Sedlackova MW (Class of 2016) When I received […]