Champagne News
Champagne J Lassalle
The House of J Lassalle was founded in 1942 in Chigny – les- Roses in the heart of the Montagne de Reims. The house produces approx 100,000 bottles per year. All of their vines are aged between 10 – 40 years. All the wines are aged 5 years in the cellar before release. Jules Lassalle own over 11…
Champagne Collard-Picard
Founded in 1889, Collard-Picard are in two noble wine growing areas. The COLLARD part being in the Marne Valley and the PICARD part being in the Cote des Blancs. “One can’t be born in the Champagne region without having the sap from the grapevines in one’s veins” In the Collard-Picard ‘firm’ it has been passed…
Spiral Cellars – wine room
In 2013 Spiral Cellars launched its premium wine room service in the UK. Creating luxurious, temperature-controlled, expertly laid out wine rooms is a natural extension of the Spiral Cellars offering, and it is the company’s experience and knowledge that brings this complete service to the UK for the first time. Partnering with established Belgian firm…
Champagne Pierre Gobillard
Pierre Gobillard is situated in Hautvillers the home of Monk Don Pérignon. For three generations Gobillard family have produced champagne from their vineyards. Gervais Gobillard began the business 1947, with his son Pierre. Nowadays Pierre’s son Herve and his wife Florence Gobillard are the current proprietors with their daughter Cholé helping out in the shop…
Champagne Vincent D’Astree
The Name of Pierry most probably comes from the word ‘Pierre’ meaning stone, as denoted by a local saying from the Cubry valley. The soils of Pierry’s vineyards do indeed contain small stones, producing an unaffected wine with taste distinctly reminiscent of gunpowder. Champagne Vincent d’Astrée was created in 1956, due to the desire and…
Champagne G. Tribaut
Three generations ago the family business Champagne G Tribaut settled in the heart of the Vallee de la Marne situated 1½ hours drive from Paris, 25km from Reims and 5km from Epernay. Their house is situated in the beautiful village of Hautvillers. The home town of the MONK DOM PERIGNON. Throughout the years the Tribaut…
Champagne Vollereaux
Vollereaux is the fruit of five generations of family traditions. Born into a wine making family established in Pierry and Moussy, since 1805, it was the end of the Great War that Victor Vollereaux decided to promote his champagne by himself. He achieved his first vintage in 1923 and offered his production to a circle…
Spiral Cellars – The Garden Cellar
Spiral Cellars recently launched the Garden Cellar, combining the newly developed weather-proof External Trap Door with the components of the Original Spiral Cellar, to create a convenient option for Spiral Cellars fans looking to avoid ripping up their beloved flooring. The Garden Cellar is designed to remain watertight and as it is dug into the…
It’s not marketing hype! The glass REALLY does make a difference
If you’re like me then you’ve probably not given too much thought as to why there are different styles of wine glasses. If pressed, then I’d say that a Champagne flute is the style it is because it feels elegant and it shows off the bubbles nicely. A white wine glass is shaped like it…