Fizz Festival: Edinburgh Academy, 29th Oct 2016
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Come along to Edinburgh’s first Fizz Festival, held at the fabulous Edinburgh Academy. There will be lots of fantastic fizz from around the world, masterclasses, food and an awards ceremony too!
A truly sparkling day out, including:
- Over 75 different Champagnes and sparkling wines for you to try and buy
- Free wine carrier
- Local delivery service
- Exclusive fizz discounts
- An opportunity to speak to producers and suppliers and learn more about your favourite fizz
- Competitions and prizes
- Your chance to vote in The Fizz Festival People’s Choice Awards, Scotland
- An exclusive awards ceremony with oysters and fizz (of course)
Tickets are priced at £25 and include a free tasting of each of the wines at the festival.
There are two sessions which run from 12.00 until 15.00 and 16.00 until 19.00. The awards ceremony takes place at 19.30. The categories include:
- Best Champagne – Sponsored by Tom Cannavan at wine-pages.com
- Best Sparkling Wine (UK)
- Best Sparkling Wine (Rest of World)
SPARKLING MASTERCLASSES
Come and take part in our exciting and illuminating masterclasses!
Session 1: 12pm-3pm and Session 2:4pm-7pm, Saturday 29th Oct
Masterclass 1, 12.15pm & 4.15pm: THE WINES OF FERGHETTINA FROM FRANCIACORTA: Price £5
A real treat and a chance to taste and learn about Italy’s finest sparkling wines, presented by Doug Wood of Woodwinters, you won’t be disappointed! Duration 20mins.
Masterclass 2, 1.15pm & 5.15pm: THE HOUSE OF CHAMPAGNE TAITTINGER: Price £7
Mark O’Bryen MW will be presenting a selection of wines from Champagne Taittinger, one of the only Champagne houses to remain owned and actively managed by the family named on the label. The tasting will uncover how Champagnes can be so very deliciously different! Duration 20mins.
Masterclass 3, 2.15pm & 6.15pm: ALL ABOARD THE FIZZ LINE!: Price £5
Travel and taste the Fizz Line with Nikki Welch, founder of the WineTubeMap. A whistle stop tour of different styles of sparkling wines using their unique approach. Duration 20mins
Exciting exhibitors include:
L’Art du Vin specialises in the supply of a comprehensive range of wines from around the world. l’Art du Vin was conceived and nurtured out of our passion for food and wine – our focus is to supply quality wines that are made with passion, integrity and uniqueness of origin whilst being true to environmental and ethical issues hence the reason why we have a wide range of natural, biodynamic and organic wines.
The Oysterman Events supplies fresh Scottish oysters to all types of events. Our oystermen mingle amongst guests and offer them freshly shucked oysters with a selection of seasonings, or raw (for the purists!). A professional oyster shucker is an original, elegant and enjoyable accompaniment to celebrations, champagne receptions, weddings, cocktail parties and corporate events.
Local, Independent and different – Vino have quickly established themselves as the premier Edinburgh destination for those interested in the world of wine, craft beer and specialist spirits. A clean, modern retail space with a team of helpful and knowledgeable staff creates the perfect atmosphere for browsing the hand-picked range. With 5 units across the city including the recently opened Wine Café & shop hybrid in the New Waverley Arches, Vino are always on the cutting edge of the ever evolving drinks industry.
You can also follow us on twitter @vinowineshops
Oddbins is the firebrand wine merchant that has held a unique place on the UK’s high streets for over 50 years. Always championing the new, the exciting and the unknown in its 47 stores and online.
Zonin 1821 is one of Italy’s most important family-owned wine-producing companies and is also one of the foremost worldwide. It distributes and markets still and sparkling wines under the Zonin label as well as those of the family’s nine Estates.
As one of Scotland’s newest cheese companies we pride ourselves on presenting some of the best flavoured cheeses available in Scotland. Our range now includes 12 full time flavours and we have 2 new flavours launching very soon.
2016 Wine Merchant of the Year WoodWinters are one of the top independents in the UK and supplier to many of the country’s top hotels & restaurants. With shops in Edinburgh, Bridge of Allan & Inverness no one is better at delivering quality, amazing value and informed choice to Scotland and beyond. Our range of over 2,000 wines – alongside whisky, artisan gins & spirits and craft beers – includes many quality-obsessed small producers, organics and rare finds and we are delighted to sell Ferghettina exclusively in Scotland . We host tastings throughout the year to help our customers explore these.
The Wine Tube Map takes away the stress from having to choose your next bottle of wine by organising wines by flavour and taste. Their website, app, book and newsletters mix hot tips on the best supermarket and wine merchant buys with a fun and informative guide to wine – making it easy for you to sit back and enjoy it!
Hush Heath is a boutique, family owned English wine and cider producer hidden deep in the ‘Garden of England’. Richard Balfour-Lynn planted the very first vines of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier in 2002 and enjoyed a successful inaugural vintage in 2004. From the beginning, the ambition was to produce premium quality grapes that would enable us to produce world-class traditional method sparkling wine to showcase the merits of English terroir. Today, due to the success of Balfour Brut Rose, our range has increased substantially. We pride ourselves on producing a range of sparkling, still wines and ciders which are uniformly characterised by a clean, crisp and vibrant personality with concentrated ripe fruit.
Majestic specialises in selling brilliant wine by the case. We believe that wine – whether you are buying it, or selling it and especially when you are drinking it – should be full of fun. There are plenty of places where you can buy decent wine. What gets us really excited is interesting wine – the wines you taste that are just a little bit special. They are difficult to find in the supermarkets but we’ve got hundreds of them for you to explore and we don’t want you to pay over the odds to find them. Majestic makes interesting affordable, so everyone can enjoy it.
drinks and off sales.
the very best cheese and completely natural, local ingredients. They’re simply perfect to accompany your favourite drinks and if you’re feeling generous, maybe share them with some friends.
AWARD SPONSORS
Wine Writer Tom Cannavan’s wine-pages.com website is now in its 21st year and widely acknowledged as one of the world’s great wine resources with features, tasting reports, weekly wine of the week video channel, quizzes, restaurant reviews and so much more – including guest columnists like Champagne authority, Tom Stevenson. The best news of all is that wine-pages is completely free to access. Just visit wine-pages.com and enjoy…
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Janet Harrison
Janet Harrison is the owner of Cracking Wine, organising fun and informal tasting events and wine fairs for everyone to enjoy, whatever your level of knowledge.