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Champagne Lavergne Cuvée Prestige
The Cuvée Prestige Champagne is a blend from old vines of Pinot Meunier, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, and is the traditional Champagne derived from old Champagne estates… par excellence! The unique selling point A maturation is 6 years minimum that transforms the aromas into an infinite sublimination 50% of Pinot Meunier, 30% of Pinot Noir…
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Champagne Francois Lavergne
Francois Lavergne Champagne is produced using grapes from the vineyards surrounding the hamlet of Talus St Prix in the south of the Champagne region. 300,000 bottles are produced annually which includes magnums. François Lavergne’s love affair with wine began 20 years ago. Having trained to become an oenologist, he went to Tokyo to open Le Cordon Bleu’s…
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Champagne Paul Goerg
Champagne Paul Goerg has a history dating back to 1876, when Paul Goerg became Mayor of the town of Vertus, just south of Epernay. He was very proud of the vineyards in the area, and wholeheartedly engaged with the winegrowers. A few years later a number of the winegrowers created some fine Champagnes based on…
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Champagne Guy Charlemagne
Champagne Guy Charlemagne is situated in the heart of the Côte des Blancs, in the small village of Mesnil sur Oger. As father to son winegrowers since 1892, Philippe Charlemagne only harvests and vinifies grapes from his own vineyards. Le Mesnil sur Oger and Oger, where the Charlemagne house owns its terroirs, are two of…
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Champagne Dérouillat
Champagne Dérouillat has vineyards in the Côte des Blancs and the Vallée de la Marne where it has a strong environmental approach in producing their Champagnes. The family-owned house was founded in 1929. Today, it combines the best of tradition (traditional press) and eco-friendly modern technology (stainless tanks; disgorgement with ice) to obtain the best…
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Champagne Gaudinat-Boivin
With vineyards covering just 6 hectares in the communes of Festigny, Leuvrigny and Oueilly which constitutes 4.3 hectares of Pinot Meunier, 1.10 hectares of Chardonnay and 0.60 hectares of Pinot Noir, this small House produces some beautiful cuvées. Run by Hervé and David Gaudinat, the vines are typically over 35 years old, with some over…
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London’s largest bottle of Champagne arrives in the City
Champagne-lovers are in for a treat with London’s largest bottle of bubbly taking pride of place at St Pancras International this month to mark the start of Searcys National Champagne Week (6th – 12th October). Weighing in at around 100 pounds and measuring more than 4ft tall, the enormous 30-litre bottle is also known as…
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Sushi and Champagne: the Perfect Match?
It is rare for a sushi bar to propose Champagne on their wine list, yet the pairing of bubbles and raw fish is a particularly interesting one. There are two possibilities when matching Champagne and sushi: firstly Extra Brut or Nature Champagnes with their low sugar levels due to little or no dosage. This approach,…
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Champagne Deutz: Brut Rosé NV
The grapes are pressed using automatic and traditional Coquard basket presses, and only the first press must, cuvée, is used. The wine is fermented in small, 10,000 litre tanks, with each plot being vinified separately, at between 16 & 18 degrees centigrade for two weeks; all the wine undergoes malo-lactic fermentation. After the assemblage, the…
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