It’s long-been established that celebration calls for sparkling wine. We saw this no clearer when, during the pandemic and without much to celebrate nor celebrations happening, sparkling sales took a turn for the crapper. Admittedly, some producers went and made their own celebrations to get in front of this. But I’ve never been a fan of drinking sparkling for sparkling’s sake. If the wine sucks (à la 12£ for a bottle of Prosecco and 6 oysters at London pub ‘Happy’ Hours) then there is no joy to be found in […]

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