Champagne

Bubbles and cheese concept launched for pubs

26-Sep-2023 By Ed Bedington

Pubs are being offered the opportunity to introduce a bit of French glamour to their operations thanks to a Covent Garden-based business.

English sparkling wine sales fizz

03-Jan-2020 By Emily Hawkins

Champagne sales in pubs have dropped in the past year with consumers looking to other varieties of sparkling wines instead.

Valentine's Day: Advice to take to heart

19-Jan-2011 By Jessica Harvey Jessica

The Bubbly If there's one thing that Valentine's Day stands for, it's not love, but opportunity. Sure, it's the opportunity for couples to show their...

Sparkling Wine Focus: Selling the sparkle

13-Oct-2010 By Jessica Harvey Jessica

For a long time, Champagne has been synonymous with style and sophistication. Boutique Champagne house Perrier-Jouët's prestige cuvée Belle Epoque,...

Champagne harvest reflects declining sales in UK

08-Sep-2009

Champagne sales have declined to such an extent in the all-important UK market that French industry heads have chosen to limit production in order to...

Sparkling wine: Uncork the category's potential

08-Aug-2008

So often, drinks trends in the freetrade develop from initiatives led by brands and the big managed estates. This couldn't be more the case than in...

Business boosters

12-Jun-2008

Ideas for driving food sales at your pub Champagne meal deals Where: Granville @ Barford, Barford, Warwickshire The idea: Champagne has always been...

Put some fizz into your bizz

31-Jan-2008

With on-trade sales on the rise, Champagne isn't just for special occasions any more. Nigel Huddleston reports While the off-trade gets to grips with...

Wine focus: Some sparkling facts

13-Aug-2007

If an alien landed in your bar or pub and asked the difference was between a bottle of Bollinger and Jacob's Creek sparkling pinot noir chardonnay,...

Wine focus: Sparkling sales

13-Aug-2007

In many ways it was inevitable. As food standards improved and customers continued to show their new-found willingness to spend their earnings rather...

What the Sunday papers said

03-Jul-2006

Alcohol companies could be banned from sponsoring sport or advertising on television before the 9pm watershed under strict plans being considered by...

In session... with Ben McFarland

26-Apr-2005

As wedding season approaches Beer Writer of the Year Ben McFarland makes the case for champagne beers."Beer?" I'm asked quizzically by a rather posh...

A Champagne vintage to savour

21-Aug-2003

That most illustrious of sparkling wines ­ Champagne ­ has produced a magnificent vintage with the 1996. Look at it as soon as possible and reserve...

Champagne

29-Oct-2001

Over-estimates of the amount of champagne that would be drunk on Millennium night has meant that there are bargain bubblies available - so why not...

Lovely bubbly

04-Dec-2000

Left with a glut of post-millennium champagne, producers are taking their product to a new audienceLest we forget, the season to be jolly is fast...