Ratafia Champenois Food Pairings

Ratafia Champenois is the sweet little sibling of Champagne, made from the grape must of Champagne grapes, it has a minimum of 110 grams of sugar per litre and alcohol content between 16-22%, it also has to be aged at least 10 months in tanks or oak barrels before being bottled. To put that in…

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Ratafia Champenois Awards Results 2022

ratafia champenois awards 2022

Following a year absence due to the constraints of covid globally, we were very pleased to continue with the Ratafia Champenois Awards at Glass of Bubbly. Following on from a very successful 2020 awards where the trophy for the World’s Finest Ratafia Champenois was presented to Gilles Dumangin with his 16 year sample, we were…

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What Sparkling Wine To Pair With Apple Pie?

The Apple Pie is an English Dish, it was first made in England, although the Americans might be the ones who enjoy it the most. The English Apple Pie isn’t without its influences, from countries like the Netherlands, France and the Ottoman Empire. The first record of the apple pie was written in England, in…

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Ratafia and Champagne Cocktails

Creating Cocktails can be really enjoyable, getting to put your ideas inside the glass, creating flavours you can’t always find on the shelf. When creating Cocktails for Glass of Bubbly, it’s normally with a Sparkling Wine and a Spirit of some kind, like Rum or Gin, rarely do I get to create a Cocktail which…

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Champagne and Caviar

A pairing fit for royalty, although the image of Champagne and Caviar can come at a high price, it was mainly royalty who used to enjoy Caviar, back in the middle ages only the rich and powerful would delight in the delicious sea treat, it later became so overly collected that a huge shortage came…

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Printemps 2018 du Ratafia à L’Assiette Champenoise, Reims

With great pleasure we accepted the invitation by our friends at Vitabella to attend the ‘Printemps 2018 du Ratafia’ that took place in Reims at the superb L’Assiette Champenoise famed for its fine cuisine and chef Armaud Lallement. So quickly – What is Ratafia? Now a classified product from Champagne, Ratafia Champenois is, in fact, a fortified wine…

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Ratafia – The other drink made in Champagne

During my many trips to Champagne exploring the countless wine making houses, I’d nearly always be blissfully busy with days of tasting and enjoying the commonly known king of wines. Little else would be worth exploring when you are in Champagne, as it is more or less a philosophy of when in Champagne drink Champagne… One…

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Ratafia de Champagne Awarded Appellation Status

Ratafia is a fortified wine made in the Champagne region, made from the same grapes as those in Champagne: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier. For the first time, Ratafia de Champagne has received an official protected status (PGI, Protected Geographical Indication ). There are currently around 120 producers and sales of Ratafia are expected to increase.…

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