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Where we really, really, really love champagne.
And it doesn’t matter if you don’t know your Jacob’s Creek from your Jacquesson…. I’ve got your champagne-loving journey covered.
Follow my blog and you’ll be the champagne guru of your wine own wine club in no time. Use my tips to out-champs your friends, impress your date, or just feel smug at dinner with your in-laws.
Hi. I’m Marnie, Chief Champagne Fan, Coach and Blogger at Bubble & Flute
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How To Open A Bottle Of Champagne… The Fancy Way
How to open a bottle of champagne…, In this video you can watch how to open a bottle of champagne the fancy way and the fun way!
My Top Five Spring Rosé Champagnes
I love spring almost as much as I love rosé champagne so I am very excited to bring them together with my top five spring
My Top Five Autumn Champagnes (2021)
Autumn champagnes are some of my favourites. As it gets cooler it’s time to bring out the pinot-heavy champagnes and let reserve wines rule!
join the Happy Champers
I started Bubble & Flute to build a posse of happy champers (just like you) to share the love of champagne with.
I keep my blog jam-packed with so much FREE champagne news, info, and updates it’s one of the top-ranking champagne blogs on the planet. My Champagne School is a great place for you to poke around if you want to get a bit geeky about your champs…. you’ll be impressing your posh wine-snob friends with your champagne super-powers in no time!
And my Bubble & Flute merch shop is packed with champagne fan merchandise for champagne lovers. Fun and casual fashion for women and men who can’t get enough champagne in their lives.
So follow me on my socials, subscribe to my emails, or book me to host a private champagne tasting ‘coz I’ve got your champagne-loving journey covered. Even if you only use your newfound champs-savvy to impress your date or feel smug at dinner with the in-laws.
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My Top Five Special Occasion Champagnes
“Always keep a bottle of champagne in the fridge for special occasions. Sometimes, the special occasion is that you have a bottle of champagne in the fridge.”
(Hestor Browne)
My Top Five Everyday Champagnes
These champs here are five fave “go to” everyday champagnes… the ones I’d crack at home any day I feel like a champs.
Five Expensive Champagnes For A Really, Really Special Occasion
Expensive champagnes generally need a really, really special occasion to justify popping them and spending $300-$500 on a bottle of wine.
My Top Five Champagnes For A Really Special Occasion
My top five champagnes for a REALLY special occasion are a step-up from a special but still not quite the top shelf.
Champagne School
My Top Fives
My Top 5 Fantasy Valentine’s Day Dates And The Champagnes We’d Pop
My ode to St Valentine’s Day and my top 5 hot (fantasy) dates for Valentine’s Day and the champagne I would serve them.
My Top Five Special Occasion Champagnes
“Always keep a bottle of champagne in the fridge for special occasions. Sometimes, the special occasion is that you have a bottle of champagne in the fridge.”
(Hestor Browne)
Top Five Summer Champagnes
My top five champagnes for a long weekend is my annual ode to our last long weekend of the summer in Australia.
My Top Five Champagne Predictions for 2022
I have pulled out my crystal ball and gazed deeply into it to come up with my top champagne predictions for 2022.
My Top Five Everyday Champagnes
These champs here are five fave “go to” everyday champagnes… the ones I’d crack at home any day I feel like a champs.
My Top Five Beach Champagnes
The inspo for my top five beach champagnes is clear – I live at Burleigh Heads (Gold Coast, Australia) with the best beaches in the world!
Champagne Travel Tips
Insiders’ Guide To Champagne Part I – with Valentin Musset, founder of Sparkling Tour.
Part One in a series of top things to do in Champagne features my new, good friend Valentin Musset, founder of Sparkling Tour.
Insider’s Guide To Champagne Part II – Isabélle Rousseaux From Aÿ-Champagne Experience
Insider’s Guide To Champagne Part II thanks to my dear friend Isabélle Rousseaux from Aÿ-Champagne Experience
Insiders’ Guide To Champagne Part III – Rachel And Alexis From Champagne Wafflart-Briet
My Insider’s Guide to Champagne Part III is from Rachel and Alexis from Champagne Wafflart-Briet in Sacy in the region’s north.
My Stay At… Domaine Du Chalet
Domaine du Chalet is in Chigny-les-Roses, Montagne de Reims, about a 20 minute drive south of Reims and a 25 minute drive from Epernay. Domaine du
My Top 5 Places To Stay In Champagne
The hardest thing about writing about my top 5 places to stay in Champagne was narrowing it down to just 5 places.
My Afternoon With The Champagne Tour Company
Champagne tours are the best way to enjoy the spectacular champagnes and the stunning scenery in the region
Just for fun
Did Dom Pérignon invent champagne?
Did Dom Pérignon invent champagne? Not quite fake news, but definitely an alternative fact about champagne
Does Size Matter? A Guide To Champagne Bottle Sizes (Just To Be Clear!)
Hell yes, size matters in the definitive Bubble & Flute guide to champagne bottle sizes because magnums rock!
How To Taste Champagne In Three SIMPLE Steps
Thee most important lesson you can ever learn when it comes to tasting champagne… and that is how to taste champagne.
Champagne Magic From 10 Champagne Brands You (Probably) Know And (Hopefully!) Love
Champagne brands have so much history! Here I share some ‘champagne magic’ about 10 houses I love dearly and see if it sways you!
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My Video Channel
Check out my YouTube Channel for my how to guides and virtual tastings