{"id":8143,"date":"2014-09-15T12:20:14","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T11:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midastouch.goldgenie.com\/?p=8143"},"modified":"2014-09-15T12:20:14","modified_gmt":"2014-09-15T11:20:14","slug":"champagne-without-catch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goldgenie.com\/blog\/champagne-without-catch\/","title":{"rendered":"Champagne without the catch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who doesn’t love a glass of Champagne? A flute of cold sparkly golden fizz is difficult to resist. \u00a0Long been associated with celebration, luxury and romance, the sound of the cork pop always heralds a good time. But like all good things in life, there is often a price to pay and Champagne is no exception. \u00a0If excessive consumption is involved, this payment\u00a0might not be collected until the next day and that might be in the form of fatigue, a headache, nausea or\u00a0regret. Depending on the amount consumed, such payments may even have to be extended over a period of time. \u00a0Of course, even if a moderate quantity is consumed, there is no avoiding the calories floating between those bubbles. \u00a0An average glass of champagne \u00a0contains around 100 calories and because champagne is so drinkable, these can add up quickly.<\/p>\n

Sugar was originally a vital part of the champagne making process. It\u00a0facilitated this fermentation that resulted in bubbles and in the 19thC it was made as a\u00a0sweet drink. \u00a0Preferences gradually changed to a drier taste and while some considered the lack of sugar gave it a bland “brutish” taste, this marked the birth of the “brut”, a semi-dry or dry sparkling wine. While technology allowed the quantity of sugar to\u00a0be\u00a0significantly reduced<\/span>\u00a0while retaining the fizz, it did not disappear completely from the celebration drink we know and love today. \u00a0That is, until Amanda Thompson created “Skinny Champagne”.<\/p>\n

Formerly a BBC broadcaster, Amanda moved to Paris in 2010 to fulfil a life-long ambition to study wine and Champagne. Her diploma at Le Cordon Bleu was taught in French under renowned wine teacher, Franck Ramage. Legendary wine expert Gerard Basset OBE is her mentor. Amanda has single-handedly launched a No Sugar, Grand Cru \u201cSkinny Champagne\u201d and more recently \u201cSkinny Champagne Ros\u00e9\u201d with the backing of its acclaimed French maker, Alexandre Penet, including a new collaborative label \u2013 a world first.<\/p>\n

According to Amanda, her Skinny Champagne is a “beautifully balanced complex” Grand Cru Champagne without added sugar. \u00a0So, where can we try?<\/p>\n

Skinny Champagne is now served in The Corner Restaurant and Bar on the 2nd Floor in Selfridges’ women’s fashion floor and can be enjoyed (guilt-free) by the \u00a0glass or by the bottle or as part of the\u00a0Skinny Champagne Afternoon Tea, alongside a special menu curated by\u00a0Selfridges’ talented Executive Chef, Mark Taylor. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Skinny Champagne has been a great hit amongst the team at the Goldgenie office – not only does it taste great, crisp and refreshing but\u00a0it comes in shades to match our favourite customisation tones – the Nature Cuv\u00e9<\/span>e Grand Cru in Gold and the\u00a0Skinny Champagne Ros\u00e9 in Rose Gold. And no sugar included?\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>We say “cheers” to that!<\/p>\n

For more information or to purchase Skinny Champagne\u00a0online, visit:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.thomsonandscott.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Who doesn’t love a glass of Champagne? A flute of cold sparkly golden fizz is difficult to resist. \u00a0Long been<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[530,579,794,1018,1027,1049,1086,1396,1420],"class_list":["post-8143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-default","tag-food-and-drink","tag-gold","tag-goldgenie","tag-lifestyle","tag-london","tag-luxury","tag-luxury-lifestyle","tag-selfridges","tag-skinny-champagne"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goldgenie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goldgenie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goldgenie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldgenie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldgenie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldgenie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldgenie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goldgenie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldgenie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldgenie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}