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The Bubbles Festival – a celebration of sparkling wine – is back in 2020 and this time it’s going national kicking off in Sydney on 3 and 4 April!

The Festival is organised by The Bubbles Review, a multi-award-winning blog and website devoted to the enjoyment of drinking champagne and sparkling wine. Launched in October 2016, The Bubbles Review shares information on the people, history, tasting, techniques of making champagne and sparkling wine as well as creating indulgent events and immersive tours for followers to experience the sparkling products first hand.

The immensely popular blogs on Aussie sparklings have really struck a chord, and were a catalyst for the launch of The Bubbles Festival featuring sparkling wines all in one boutique event. The inaugural Bubbles Festival was held in Melbourne in April 2017, with a follow-up event in October 2017.  The resultant highly positive feedback for these events, rated 5 stars by patrons, has not only grown the following to achieve social media reach averages between 20,000 and 30,000 per month but spurred the expansion of the Bubbles Festival nationally.

This year, The Bubbles Festival will be held in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.

Now more than ever, sparkling wine is not only considered a drink for a toast or special occasion or just as an aperitif, but a drink for everyday enjoyment and to complement a main meal. Sparkling is often perceived as a drink enjoyed mainly by women, however a growing trend has been identified as males are increasingly enjoying sparkling wine. Overall consumption of sparkling continues to increase, with Australians consuming approximately 62 million bottles of sparkling wine annually, of which about 22 million are imported. Australia is the 7th largest importer of Champagne in the world by country, and the 5th largest per capita.

Natalie Pickett, Founder of The Bubbles Review says “I believe champagne and sparkling wine are one of the joys of life and something to be shared. We love bringing all of these superb sparkling wines together with our followers at The Bubbles Festival”. There is no other wine event in Australia that showcases a range of sparkling wine in this way

Patrons can purchase a ticket for a two-hour session which includes a chance to meet and engage with producers and distributors of sparkling wine and champagne, as well as enjoy bubbly tastings, paired with canapés, all at one stylish event.

Natalie Pickett, herself provides an introduction to tastings. A RIEDEL Champagne tasting glass is given to each attendee, and 10 or more tastings of sparkling wine are provided along with tasting notes.

Tickets are $79 + Booking Fee via Eventbrite

Details for all events are:

Sydney: at Signorelli’s Gastronomia in Pyrmont – 3 & 4 April 2020

Melbourne at Lieux in Cremorne – 17 & 18 April 2020

Brisbane at Customs House – 1 & 2 May 2020

Perth at Vin & Flower in Northbridge – 8 & 9 May 2020

Adelaide at the National Wine Centre – 23 May 2020