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Huré Frères Cuvée Mémoire

Huré Frères Cuvée Mémoire

By Glass of Bubbly / 6th October 2014

A wine with a quirky story, Memoire is blended using the solera method, comprising 30 reserve vintage wines and with a year’s maturation in oak barrels. This ultimate Champagne gives testimony to the years of family ‘savoir faire’. A true snapshot of the domain, this cuvee is blended from all of our ‘terroirs’, with each…

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Champagne Paul Goerg

By Glass of Bubbly / 6th October 2014

Champagne Paul Goerg has a history dating back to 1876, when Paul Goerg became Mayor of the town of Vertus, just south of Epernay. He was very proud of the vineyards in the area, and wholeheartedly engaged with the winegrowers. A few years later a number of the winegrowers created some fine Champagnes based on…

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Champagne Guy Charlemagne

Champagne Guy Charlemagne

By Glass of Bubbly / 6th October 2014

Champagne Guy Charlemagne is situated in the heart of the Côte des Blancs, in the small village of Mesnil sur Oger. As father to son winegrowers since 1892, Philippe Charlemagne only harvests and vinifies grapes from his own vineyards. Le Mesnil sur Oger and Oger, where the Charlemagne house owns its terroirs, are two of…

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Champagne Dérouillat

Champagne Dérouillat

By Glass of Bubbly / 5th October 2014

Champagne Dérouillat has vineyards in the Côte des Blancs and the Vallée de la Marne where it has a strong environmental approach in producing their Champagnes. The family-owned house was founded in 1929. Today, it combines the best of tradition (traditional press) and eco-friendly modern technology (stainless tanks; disgorgement with ice) to obtain the best…

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Champagne Gaudinat-Boivin

Champagne Gaudinat-Boivin

By Glass of Bubbly / 5th October 2014

With vineyards covering just 6 hectares in the communes of Festigny, Leuvrigny and Oueilly which constitutes 4.3 hectares of Pinot Meunier, 1.10 hectares of Chardonnay and 0.60 hectares of Pinot Noir, this small House produces some beautiful cuvées. Run by Hervé and David Gaudinat, the vines are typically over 35 years old, with some over…

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Piper-Heidsieck Rare Millésimé 2002

Piper-Heidsieck Rare Millésimé 2002

By Glass of Bubbly / 4th October 2014

A prestigious, classical prestige cuvee from 2002 vintage – structured, full-bodied and bursting with fruit. Elaborated with a majority of Chardonnays from the Montagne de Reims region (70%) and complemented with Pinot Noir (30%) from the same region, this wine is a blend of 17 crus which matured for over seven years in the House’s…

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Mrs Wigley Moscato

By Glass of Bubbly / 3rd October 2014

“Wirra Wirra” is an aboriginal name meaning “amongst the gum trees”. Wirra Wirra Vineyards was originally established in 1894 by known South Australian eccentric and cricketer Robert Strangways Wigley. Mrs Wigley was not the wife of Wirra Wirra founder Bob Wigley, but a particular pussycat who was born at the neighbouring Petrucci residence. within days…

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Wearing Memories designer Kiron Barui

Wearing Memories designer Kiron Barui

By Glass of Bubbly / 2nd October 2014

Kiron Barui Kiron has been a Champagne lover for many years and started to collect caps from the bottles she enjoyed with family and friends, writing on the back the date and place thus creating a unique and special memory. It took two years for Kiron and her jeweler to perfect a beautiful ring that…

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Désirée: Compares Ancestral Dioise Method & Traditional Method

By Glass of Bubbly / 2nd October 2014

Désirée compares the Ancestral Dioise Method and the Traditional Method of winemaking. Ancestral Dioise Method CLAIRETTE DE DIE GRAPE VARIETY White Muscat with small grains (75 to 100%). Clairette variety (25 % maximum). COLLECT OF GRAPES Grape harvest by hand, Treading of grapes. PRESSING Discontinuous horizontal wine presses.Selection of juices pressed. FILTR ATION OF JUICES…

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