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Champagne Feeling the Frostbite as Low Temperatures Pose Risk of Shortage

Frost in Champagne have producers facing a tough reality as severe cold weather impacted the region’s vineyards for a second year in a row. Some vineyards have seen destruction of up to 50% of the potential 2017 harvest due to a violent drop in temperatures last week, with prolonged lows of minus six degrees. Because …

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Win a Bottle of Champagne Brimoncourt to Celebrate its Launch in Ireland

Win a Bottle of Champagne Brimoncourt to Celebrate its Launch in Ireland – Closed

Champagne Brimoncourt comes from a lively and daring Maison, created to pay tribute to Champagne’s true self: light, free, the ultimate expression of la joie de vivre. Brimoncourt answers the paradoxical aspirations of today’s unclassifiable, those wanting to live life to the fullest – albeit in style. Brimoncourt’s “spirit animal”, the giraffe, graces its appealing …

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Enjoy a special MOËTMOMENT With Your Mum This Mothers Day

Create a Unique Mothers Day ‘MoëtMoment’ with a Personalised Bottle of Moët & Chandon Rosé Impérial

Treat your mum to a unique #MOËTMOMENT this Mothers Day with a personalised bottle of Moët & Chandon Rosé Impérial , available exclusively at Brown Thomas Dublin on Level 3. Celebrate a special #MoëtMoment by uploading a picture of you and your Mum from a mobile device to create and instantly print your personalised label for …

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Canard Duchene Rose - Wine of the Week from O'Briens

Canard Duchene Rose – Wine of the Week from O’Briens

While some people are to Valentine’s Day what the Grinch is to Christmas, this day is for the lovers so let’s embrace the holiday in all its heart-shaped glory. Bring in your handwritten letters, your scented candles and your red roses; the world has enough cynicism already so it could use a bit of romance! What embodies more …

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A Sparkling World: Fabulous Champagnes and Bubbles to Toast to 2017

A Sparkling World: Fabulous Champagnes and Bubbles to Toast to 2017

There is nothing quite like a fluted glass of wine shimmering with moving strands of tiny pearly bubbles beneath a snowy collar of foam to lift a mood and glamorise any occasion. Here are some fascinating fizz facts about how the bubble gets into the bottle with a selection tasted from France, Italy, Spain, New …

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Alternative Bubbles: Not all Sparkling Wine is Champagne, Cava or Prosecco

Alternative Bubbles: Not all Sparkling Wine is Champagne, Cava or Prosecco

A Champagne, a Cava and a Prosecco walk into a bar. The joke is on anyone who thinks that these are the only bubbles worth drinking as the world of sparkling wine goes beyond the triumvirate of fizz that they seem to exert over wine lovers. Truth is they’re the Ace, the King and the Queen, but they’re far from being the …

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Champagne dinner with Charles Heidsiek at Forest Avenue

Champagne Dinner with Charles Heidsieck at Forest Avenue this 5th of July

On the 5th of July, join O’Briens for an aperitif and a four course Champagne dinner hosted by Stephen Leroux, Director of the multi award winning Charles Heidsieck Champagne. Five amazing champagnes will be matched with a seasonal menu developed for the occasion by Forest Avenue. Forest Avenue is a neighbourhood dining room run by …

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British Bubbles Beat Champagne at Historic Blind Tasting in Paris

British Bubbles Beat Champagne at Historic Blind Tasting in Paris

English winemakers were given a reason to toast last week after the astounding verdict from a historic blind tasting suggested that their sparkling wines are as good or even better than Champagne. The tasting was organised by British wine expert Matthew Jukes along with the UK’s Wine and Spirits Trade Association and it was held at Juvenile restaurant in Paris. …

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Bollinger Best Dressed Puncherstown

Bollinger’s Prize For Best Dressed Lady at Punchestown 2016 Is Beyond Idulgent

The social and sporting highlight of the Irish calendar, Puncherstown Festival is surrounded by glamour. Bollinger’s Best Dressed Lady competition at the 2016 Punchestown Festival will highlight the charm of the occasion, to take place from Tuesday 26th April to Saturday 30th April at Punchestown Racecourse, Co. Kildare. A decadent prize awaits the lucky winner: she and …

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Celebrate Mother’s Day with Moët & Chandon

As the world’s leading champagne house, the prestigious Moët & Chandon Brut Impérial is the perfect champagne to celebrate Mother’s Day on Sunday, 6th March. Distinguishable by its bright fruitiness, seductive palate and elegant maturity, Moët Brut Impérial continually enchants and delights. Available in a beautiful gift-box, Moët & Chandon Brut Impérial makes for the …

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A Blossoming Gift of Love this Valentine’s Day with Veuve Clicquot Rosé Shakkei

Make this Valentine’s Day one to remember by gifting your loved one a bottle of Veuve Clicquot Rosé enclosed in a beautiful Couture Collection presentation box or the new Veuve Clicquot Rosé Shakkei. The ideal gift for any style lover, Veuve Clicquot’s Rosé Couture Collection is tailor made and fashion ready. Stitching together the link …

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Moët Rosé Impérial Celebrates Valentine’s In Daring Style

In French, ‘osé’ means daring and this Valentine’s Day, Moët & Chandon unleashes the osé attitude in rosé with the perfect romantic gift; Moët Rosé Impérial Daring presentation gift box or Moët Rosé Impérial Iso Suit. Bold, radiant and oh so chic, Moët Rosé Impérial is inseparable from the #moetmoments in life that revolve around …

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Bollinger raises the bar with the James Bond SPECTRE Crystal set

Limited to 307 pieces worldwide, the mouth-blown Saint-Louis crystal bowl contains a magnum of Bollinger R.D. 1988 To celebrate the on-screen release of the new James Bond film, SPECTRE, the House of Bollinger – which has been allied with the world’s most famous spy since 1979 – has created a unique object expressing the ultimate degree of refinement …

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Wine of the Week - Beaumont des Crayeres Grande Reserve NV Champagne by Suzi Redmond

Wine of the Week – Beaumont des Crayères Grande Réserve NV Champagne by Suzi Redmond

Beaumont des Crayeres Grande Reserve Champagne: This is a special champagne, it has two and a half years lees aging which gives it a great body with lots of those champagne characteristics that we know and love. Usually this length of ageing would cost more, and is not that common in non-vintage Champagnes – or at …

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