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Wine lover - Are you an acid junkie?
Wine lover - Are you an acid junkie?

By Sophia Luckett on Aug 07, 2020

Do this 3 second wine quiz to find out more about your style of wine!The ACID test 🍋Understanding your personal preference for acid levels in your wine is key to working out what wines please you (and which ...

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***This Post Contains Sulphites*** The lowdown on sulphites in wine
***This Post Contains Sulphites*** The lowdown on sulphites in wine

By Sophia Luckett on Aug 01, 2020

***This Post Contains Sulphites*** What’s the Sulphite lowdown? Here's a quick video to sum it all up   Why are sulphites in wine? All wines naturally contain sulphites as a by-product of fermentation, so ...

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Do you really need to decant wine?
Do you really need to decant wine?

By Sophia Luckett on Jul 29, 2020

Why decant wine? Two main reasons: to get some oxygen into the wine allowing it to flex its muscles or to get rid of any sediment in the bottle. The latter is less necessary nowadays, wines are usually filt...

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Mis en bouteille - what's it mean?
Mis en bouteille - what's it mean?

By Sophia Luckett on Jul 29, 2020

If you spot 'mis en bouteille au château' or ' mis en bouteille à la propriété' on a French wine label or cork, this tells you the wine has been made and bottled by the producer. This isn’t always normal; o...

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The truth about pink Champagne
The truth about pink Champagne

By Sophia Luckett on Jul 29, 2020

Do you know how pink Champagne is made? Be prepared - it's an eyebrow raiser 😲⠀One wouldn't be judged for assuming it's made like most rosés: red grapes are crushed and left to soak (macerate) on their skins for a couple of hours; depending how long you macerate the darker the colour of your rose. ⠀⠀But pink Champs has got it's own thing going 

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The best way to store open wine
The best way to store open wine

By Sophia Luckett on Jul 28, 2020

What do you do with leftover wine? Here’s a little #bluepeter style vid for you to help you get longer life out of your wine. 💪🍷You may be thinking: who has leftover wine?🤔 That is a fair question.Here’s why you might 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

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