Champagne News
Celebrate the Summer Season with Champagne and Food Pairings
2025 has already experienced more sunshine than the entire summer of 2024. So to make the most of the outdoors, and take full advantage of the longer, warmer days ahead. The Champagne Bureau UK have put together a guide of the best ways to pair summer dishes with Champagne, no matter the occasion, from barbecues…
Aurélien Laherte: The Architect Shaping a New Era for Champagne
Aurélien Laherte: The Architect Shaping a New Era for Champagne by Not Following Trends but Setting New Standards. For any Champagne connoisseur, the name Laherte Frères instinctively evokes images of exceptional, terroir-driven Champagnes. And at the heart of this renowned family-owned Champagne house, one name immediately springs to mind: Aurélien Laherte – a single cult…
The Only Champagne House Showcasing All Seven AOC Grape Varieties as Single-Grape Champagnes
Château des 7 Cépages proudly unveils Champagne Edo Ferdinand Popken, La Collection, an extraordinary series of single-grape Champagnes that epitomize the full spectrum of the Champagne region’s viticultural heritage. As the only Champagne producer to present all seven AOC-approved grape varieties as standalone, single-grape Champagnes, nearly all crafted exclusively from Vieilles Vignes (old vines), this distinguished…
Champagne Roger-Constant Lemaire Les Hautes Prières 2012
A small grower Champagne with amazing personality and fantastic Champagnes, one of which won the World’s Finest Glass of Bubbly Trophy in 2020. Champagne Roger-Constant Lemaire is led by brothers Guillaume (winemaker) and Sébastien (head of international marketing and sales), with guidance from their parents, Gilles and Brigitte. Their story began in the 19th century,…
The Search For The World’s Finest Glass of Bubbly – The Glass of Bubbly Awards 2025
In just a few months time, international wine judges will gather together in London with one common goal, to discover The World’s Finest Glass of Bubbly for 2025. We’ll see entries sent in from all over the world, both new and old, traditional, charmat and unique, canned and bottled, with and without alcohol, any bubbly…
Elevate your Picnic with Champagne
With the warmer weather set to return, many are seeking ways to make the most of time outdoors with friends and family. Picnics are the perfect way to soak up the sunshine, enhanced with the addition of Champagne to celebrate the start of the summer months. The Champagne Bureau UK* shares a guide to elevate…
Champagne A. Leconte Ageius
“Soft banana, switching over to a yeasty display of banana and apricot, and notes of floral. Engaging flavours, notes of yeasty fruits, including apricots, melon and chocolate croissants at the close.” – Glass of Bubbly Grand Cru Champagne Village: Aÿ-Champagne Vintage: 2016 Grape: Pinot Noir Silver Medal – Tropical Burst Tropical Burst A wine which…
Champagne Alexandre Bonnet Les Contrées Rosé
“Harvested from selected vineyards on one of the steepest regions facing south, Les Contrées – Rosé is an intense and distinguished maceration rosé: Les Riceys Pinot Noir in all its glory.” – Champagne Alexandre Bonnet “Delicious savoury liquorice notes aligned with blackberry cassis, red berries and a minty liquorice touch, meaty and savoury. With some…
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What is Champagne? Why is Champagne so popular? Why can real Champagne only be produced in France? Is there good & bad Champagne? What is Grower Champagne? Is there anything better than Champagne? There are so many questions to be asked and answered in the world of Champagne. It provides jobs to tens of thousands…