Champagne News
The Favourite Champagne Labels of Famous Celebrities
Looking beyond what many of us would recognise in the world of Champagne labels and their admirers, beyond the James Bond loves Bollinger and Sir Winston Churchill preferred Pol Roger, let us look at some other well known and loved faces and their choice of bubbly: Peter Sellers – Dom Perignon – The well known…
Discover Champagne Liébart-Régnier
Established in 1960 by Lucien Liébart and Georgette Régnier, Champagne Liébart-Régnier is situated in Baslieux-sous-Châtillon, a typical Champagne village at the heart of the Vallée de la Marne. 2nd generation Lauren Liébart and his wife Valérie, produce a range of Champagne from their 10 hectares of vineyards over 2 villages; Baslieux-sous-Châtillon and Vauciennes. They are…
Discover Champagne Bernard Bijotat
Bernard and his son Sébastian Bijotat pay the utmost attention to every step of the production of their Champagnes. From the vine to the wine press, they apply a slow and careful wine making process, with respect for the environment they have HVE certification and also produce sulfite free Champagne. This real family affair truly…
Discover More with La Cité du Champagne Collet Tours & Workshops
La Cité du Champagne Collet invites you to discover more with their range of tours, exposition and workshops and yes you can also taste their Champagne! Tour and Tasting: exposition ‘Champagne and Wars’ ‘Champagne and Wars’ La Marne at the heart of the turmoil. La Cité du Champagne offers you an interdisciplinary perspective on the…
Ethereal Champagne
Champagne comes in all shapes and sizes from big and powerful to light and bright. The latter is very much the style of Champagne F. Cossy, currently under the design of winemaker Sophie Cossy. Sophie was awarded 2016 Winemaker of the Year in Champagne, and thus, no longer under the radar. However, about ten years…
A visit to Champagne Roger-Constant Lemaire
You’ll find Champagne Roger-Constant Lemaire located a short drive away West from Epernay in the village of Villers sous Châtillon. The family owned grower Champagne label owns 12 hectares of vines on the sunny slopes of the Marne Valley and their history dates back to the end of the 19th century in Hautvilliers. When you visit…
Sad News as Charles Doyard Champagne Maker Dies
Just a very quick piece of sad breaking news that Charles Doyard passed away very recently at such a young age of 31. I had many a fine glass of Champagne served by Charles himself at varied tasting events of recent years and I once also interviewed him for the Glass of Bubbly magazine. He…
Champagne Harvest 2017
The Comité Champagne have announced the yield for the Champagne harvest. 10,800 kg per hectare including 500kg per hectare to be unblocked from the reserves. The Minister of Agriculture has just announced that the French wine harvest would be ‘historically low’. Yields in some wine making areas such as Bordeaux and the Jura have been…
A visit to Champagne Pierre Trichet
“In 1971, the first bottles vinified by Thérèse and René were stored in their cellars from land planted with vines in 1945, the house of Champagne Trichet-Didier was born… ” In 1989 Pierre Trichet, who kindly invited me to visit his winery and taste his wines recently, took over from his parents and has been…