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What Champagne is and Why It’s Difficult to Separate from our Dining Table
Vacation is hard to separate from “popping” cork! Bottles of wine and Champagne are always waiting to be opened at a festive party. No matter how popular these two drinks are, many people today are finding it difficult to distinguish the two drinks. Of course there’s always a simple answer like that Champagne is the…
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Discover Champagne Boutillez-Marchand
Champagne Boutillez-Marchand is a family run Champagne House established in 1960 and today managed by Marion Boutillez and Jean-Michel Sourdet. Situated in Villers-Marmery, a village in the Montagne de Reims, with 6.40 ha of vineyards. This exceptional terroir is mainly planted with the Chardonnay grape which is used to produce Blanc de Blancs Champagnes. This…
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Discover Champagne Faniel & Fils
Champagne Faniel & Fils is located on the Route Touristique du Champagne in Cormoyeux; a small Champagne-making village in the Marne nestled at the bottom of La Vallée du Brunet. You will find them in a former monastery built in 1673. This village has a geographical singularity giving it all its charm during all seasons:…
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Champagne Deutz Vertical Tasting of Cuvée William Deutz
For those familiar with Champagne Deutz, it needs no introduction, even so ‘A Vertical Tasting of Cuvée William Deutz‘ is what I was very pleased to be invited to in October 2017 at 28-50 Kitchen Workshop in Mayfair. Champagne Deutz was founded in 1838 by William Deutz and today can be found in the village of Ay near…
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Champagne Billecart-Salmon New Vintage Launch with Antoine Roland-Billecart
Champagne and The Ritz is a powerfully seductive combination and I was very grateful to have exactly that has Billecart-Salmon invited me to join a select few of dedicated Champagne writers and press in London. The mornings tasting was introduced by Antoine Roland-Billecart, seventh generation and Head of Billecart-Salmon, where three special wines were to be…
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Discover the Medieval Cellars of Champagne Pannier
Louis-Eugène Pannier began the story of Champagne Pannier in 1899, in Dizy, just outside Epernay. The brand earned its reputation and began a new chapter of a promising history, while moving to Château-Thierry, in the heart of the Vallée de la Marne. Champagne Pannier selects the grape varieties (Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier) coming…
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Interesting Facts about Champagne
Did you know 1 bottle of Champagne contains approx 1.2 kg grapes. Only wine of grapes that are cultivated in the Champagne region by the Méthode Traditionelle are allowed to carry the name Champagne. Champagne is best stored at a temperature around 7-12 °C and best served at a temperature around 8-10 °C. Grand Cru or…
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Classic Champagne Cocktails with a Modern Twist
Creating original sparkling cocktails, especially with Champagne, is notoriously difficult. That’s why there are so few of them, with the Classics a tiny group of museum-pieces: the Champagne Cocktail itself, mid 19th century; Buck’s Fizz, 1919; Alfonso, 1922; Bellini – arguably a rehash of the Buck’s anyway – 1945. There are two good reasons why…
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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…
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