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Ultimate Guide to Champagne Bollinger Grande Année Vintages / Price Values
“Made only from Grand and Premier cru grapes, La Grande Année is the embodiment of the carefully preserved traditional expertise of Champagne Bollinger. Vinified in oak barrels, sealed with natural cork and riddled by hand, this Champagne has waited patiently for 10 years in Bollinger’s chalky cellars.” – Champagne Bollinger For many consumers, Bollinger is…
For Your Eyes Only: ‘La Dégustation Visuelle’ Caroline Brun’s Invitation To An Artistic Visual Sensory Voyage Into Champagne
Champagne, like all wines, is an experience for all the senses and no other artist has ever been able to capture that sensory discovery more than Caroline Brun. Her artwork is a visual and sensorial voyage that uniquely translates the intensity, richness, nuances, elegance, even impertinence of those inexhaustible million-Champagne bubbles as they delightfully spiral…
Champagne Prepares for the Upcoming Harvest
As per each year, Champagne winegrowers and houses within the Comité Champagne, met in Epernay to agree on the conditions for this year’s upcoming harvest. Yield The available yield for 2023 has been set to 11 400 kg/ha. So far, the vineyards are in a good and uniform sanitary state from one sector to another….
Ultimate Guide to Champagne (Piper Heidsieck) ‘Rare’ Vintages / Price Values
Though Piper Heidsieck might be a relatively well known brand in the world of Champagne, it’s prestige cuvée called ‘Rare’ is somewhat lesser known and as per its namesake, rare! Founded back in 1785 – Florens Louis Heidsieck launched the now globally famous house in Reims. Piper Heidsieck of recent years is very much associated…
Champagne Lanson Announces Another 5 Years as Official Partner to The Championships, Wimbledon
Champagne Lanson announces the renewal of its partnership with The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club after 46 successful years as the Official Partner of The Championships, Wimbledon Champagne Lanson announces that it will renew its partnership with The All England Lawn Tennis Club for another five years as Official Partner to The Championships,…
What is a Prestige Cuvée Champagne?
Though understanding Champagne labels might not be the easiest exercise, it will certainly pay you back well to gain a basic understanding into the information that they share and to have yourself knowledge of the key words. Not only can Champagne labels tell us who the producer is, we can also gather the style by…
This Independence Day, Learn More About Champagne in the U.S.!
This Fourth of July raise a glass to America’s independence with Champagne—but do you know what’s really in your glass? Although Champagne only comes from Champagne, France, the United States is one of the few countries that still allows sparkling wines that were not produced in the region to use the Champagne name, which can…
Champagne Lanson at Wimbledon
The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious, this year it starts today, Monday 3rd July until Sunday 16th July. Did you know: Wimbledon is the only Grand Slam that is played on grass courts and during the event,…
Interview With The Effervescent Carole Doyard Of Champagne Doyard-Mahé
Champagne Doyard-Mahé has been a family owned and run Champagne house since its inception in the mid-20th century. Located in the premier cru village of Vertus in the illustrious Cote des Blancs, Doyard-Mahé is currently under the helm of fourth-generation family member, Carole Doyard, who many credit with bringing the house to its current world-renown…