Maxime Blin Champagne

Some say you can best judge a wine list by the Champagne. It is a wine that denotes history, luxury, and sophistication; even figures such as Bonaparte and Churchill, not to mention royal families. Shrouded by such heavy-handed allusions to greatness and wealth, Champagne is very often misunderstood. The wine of celebration is excellent for…

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Can We Taste The Terroir In Champagne?

A mystical belief about Champagne, as with wines in general, is the idea one can taste the terroir in a wine. A first issue then is of course what is the meaning of the concept “terroir”. The problem is then that by trying to define this concept, the describing words each have again their own…

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