Champagne News
Champagne AR Lenoble Partner with Jordan Winery
The finest restaurants in the world welcome guests with a glass of Champagne and California’s Jordan Vineyard & Winery is embracing this tradition for all of its culinary events with the Jordan Cuvée by Champagne AR Lenoble. Debuting this month at Jordan’s ‘Sunken Treasure’ Halloween fête, this special bottling of AR Lenoble non-vintage brut celebrates…
Champagne Armand de Brignac Launches Blanc de Noirs A2
Champagne Armand de Brignac announces the global launch of the second assemblage of its ultra-prestige cuvée expression, Armand de Brignac Blanc de Noirs Assemblage Two (A2). Just 2,333 bottles of Armand de Brignac Blanc de Noirs A2 were created and disgorged on June 20 2016, an even smaller production than the inaugural blend, ensuring that…
Pink Champagne in Cardiff for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Cardiff’s Park Plaza Hotel is putting on a pink afternoon tea throughout October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Alongside a glass of Mercier Champagne, guests can enjoy finger sandwiches, strawberry cupcakes, pink macarons, Champagne and strawberry jelly with Chantilly cream, sultana scones, Welsh cakes, Devonshire clotted cream and strawberry jam, served on a three tier…
Champagne Against Aches & Pains
Before Champagne became a drink it was officially considered as a medicine. Some doctors still recommend it for illnesses probably much to the delight of their patients. It was once believed to help digestion. It was also thought to be a good antiseptic. The list of this natural remedy’s cures also included easing of aches…
Piper-Heidsieck Launches First Rare Rosé Champagne
Piper-Heidsieck has launched the Rare Rosé Millésime 2007 Champagne, as a counterpart to its white Rare Millésime. It is the first rosé to be produced under the Rare label. The rosé has spent eight years ageing in the cellars following a difficult year, when the grapes grew extremely early and suffered from cold weather, affecting…
Bollinger Auctioning Very Rare 102 Year Old Bottle of Champagne
Sotheby’s in New York will be auctioning a recently discovered 102-year-old bottle of Bollinger Champagne on the 19th November, which will have a starting bid price of US$10,000. The auction, ‘A Century of Champagne Bollinger’, will also include six rare lots of Bollinger Vieilles Vignes Françaises ranging from 1988 to 2002, all harvested from the…
Does the type of glass you choose effect the taste of Champagne?
Firstly I would say that outside of the glass that you are drinking the Champagne from, many other factors will have an effect on what your bubbly tastes like. I’ve tasted 1,000’s of different Champagne and sparkling wines in many varied locations, sometimes what has the biggest effect is when and where you are drinking…
The Calendar of a Complicated Vintage from Chassenay d’Arce
Chassenay d’Arce, Maison de Vignerons de la Côte des Bar, is in full swing. It is the other all important location in Champagne, where Pinot Noir reigns supreme. The start to the crush in the middle of September has provided good quality fruit. The Pinot Noir variety has achieved an average alcohol level of around…
Champagne Duval-Leroy Précieuses Parcelles
Champagne Duval-Leroy introduces its new range of parcels selections’ cuvées, Précieuses Parcelles, “the finest expression of an exceptional terroir”. While other Champagne houses may value image over hard graft, the Duval-Leroy family fights to convey a certain idea of Champagne, one that is more personal, more intimate, more exclusive, a Champagne they are proud to…