Champagne News
When the Best Burgundy meets the Best Champagne
In France, when two people meet who love their vineyards and share the same passion for wine and terroir, what can be better than to create together a grand cru of friendship? This is exactly what Olivier Leflaive, founder, with his brother Patrick, of the Maison Olivier Leflaive in Puligny-Montrachet and Erick de Sousa, from…
Interview with Laurent Autréau of Champagne Autréau
Autréau is the product of generations of passionate Champagne producers aiming to create world class Champagne. For a long time, they only sold grapes to producers. In 1950, Gerard Autreau started production of Champagne from his own grapes. It was then taken over in 1980 by his son Eric and since 2010, current generation Laurent…
Introduction to Champagne Du Redempteur
1. Introduce your Champagne house to the readers: During the 1911 revolt, our ancestor Edmond Dubois, the founder of the brand ‘Champagne du Rédempteur’ was a fervour defender of the Appellation Champagne. His fellow wine-growers named him ‘Le Rédempteur’, which means ‘The Savior’… The Appellation AOC was born following this revolt. Today, the Appellation AOC…
Introduction to Champagne Vollereaux
Introduce your Champagne house to the readers: Vollereaux Champagne is the fruit of six generations of family tradition based on the constant search for rigor and perfection, where experience and know-how have been developed from working the vines up to the complete elaboration of the Vollereaux Champagnes. What makes your Champagne stand out? Champagne Vollereaux…
Introduction to Champagne Piot Sevillano
Introduce your Champagne house to the readers: We, Christine et Vincent (wife and husband), are passionate independent winemaker’s since 10 generations and we create our Champagnes from the work in the vineyard with pure traditional method, respecting the environment, up to the commercialisation of our cuvées. Certified high environmental value (HVE, a French certification), we…
Introduction to Champagne J. de Telmont
Introduce your Champagne house to the readers: Champagne J. de Telmont is a 100% family-owned House founded in Damery in 1912. This is the fourth generation of the Lhopital family, brother and sister Bertrand and Pascale who manage the estate. Our vineyards cover 33 hectares (82 acres) in eight villages planted in Chardonnay, Pinot Noir…
Champagne Deutz Release ‘Hommage à William Deutz’ Millésime 2010
President Fabrice Rosset and Chef de Caves Michel Davesne, are pleased to announce the release of Hommage à William Deutz. Vin 100% Pinot Noir – Vignoble (Maison) d’AY – Millésime 2010. Pure AY, as it is here that William Deutz, a man of vision, who fell in love with the beauty of the landscapes and…
Sending Champagne into Space
Quite an interesting bit of bubbly news in that Kazzit (worldwide winery guide) have sent a mini bottle of Champagne into space and are apparently the first ever to do so. Some innovative viral marketing from them and quite an interesting video can be viewed on the whole operation: It looked like a special edition…
Champagne Jacques FANIEL – Oriane – Silver Summer Days
Congratulations to Champagne Jacques FANIEL with their Oriane which received a silver medal at The World’s Finest Glass of Bubbly awards 2017. A panel of 36 top industry wine judges tasted all the entries for 2017 and were able to not only scores wines with medals, but also place them in to easy to understand categories…