Champagne News
Love in Every Bubble – Fizz for Valentine’s Day/Mother’s Day
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and Mother’s Day just after that – tis the season of love and what better way to say ‘I love you, than with Champagne or English sparkling wine! Vranken-Pommery not only offers the first English sparkling wine from a French Champagne house – Louis Pommery, but also offers…
Champagne Louis Roederer
Louis Roederer [Road-ur-ur], a distinguished Champagne producer situated in Reims, France and traces its origins back to 1776 when it began as Dubois Père & Fils. While its early days were marked by still wine production, the focus soon evolved to embrace the art of crafting fine Champagnes. The business underwent a transformation under the…
Champagne Jean-Paul Deville
Today we are once again in Reims, the coronation capital of Champagne. As we said before, Reims was founded by the Gauls and was a very important city in the Roman Empire. It has seen the coronation of 33 French kings, most notable of whom, Charles VII, was famously crowned by Joan of Arc at…
299 Million Bottles Shipped in 2023, Champagne has Returned to a Steady Pace
Total Champagne shipments in 2023 account for 299 million bottles, down 8.2% from the previous year. After three extraordinary years, Champagne is back to pre-Covid shipment levels. With 297.3 million bottles in 2019, sales had fallen the following year by 18% during the pandemic, and then bounced back by 33% in the following two years…
All Eyes On Ludovic Du Plessis – A Champagne With A Conscience
As He Puts More Skin In The Sustainability Game With Telmont – A Champagne With A Conscience. Certified’ably … Made In Nature! Parisian-born Ludovic du Plessis has spent more than two decades building an impressive career in the world of luxury wines and spirits, with notable tenures on his resume featuring Dom Pérignon, Moët &…
Have a Silky Christmas with Champagne Sanger
Last Christmas I had the pleasure of dedicating my words to the magic of Xmas and all the ornaments that adorn our homes: twinkling lights, festive fir trees embellished with glass baubles, golden stars, sprigs of holly, white candles and spicy cinnamon and vanilla pot-pourri. For this year, my dear fizz lover, I’ll tell you…
Free Champagne / Fine Wine Valuation
If your question is similar to ‘How much is my Champagne worth?‘ then we’ve the perfect article for you to read especially when considering that sometimes people may not realise they’ve bottles worth £1,000’s in their possession – it is good to know how much money you might be in for! Get Free Valuations for…
Champagne: What Are Oenothèque & Vinothèque?
If you are interested in older wines, those with added maturity, then both terms of Oenothèque and Vinothèque should interest you. Very much similar in appearance and sound, they also are quite close together in their meaning, though there are slight differences. The popularity of both are starting to blossom in the Champagne industry so…
Maxime Blin Champagne
Some say you can best judge a wine list by the Champagne. It is a wine that denotes history, luxury, and sophistication; even figures such as Bonaparte and Churchill, not to mention royal families. Shrouded by such heavy-handed allusions to greatness and wealth, Champagne is very often misunderstood. The wine of celebration is excellent for…