Champagne André Chemin

Champagne André Chemin is a family wine grower and Champagne producer established in Sacy since 1948. It was in the year 1948 when André moved to Sacy to get married to Micheline Guillemart, the oldest daughter of a family of winemakers, therefore the origin of the wine production goes much further back in the history.…

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Dom Pérignon pop-up coming to London this May

dom perignon statue

For ten days this May, Dom Pérignon will host an engaging Champagne pop-up shop at a secret London location near Holborn. ‘Les 3 Étages by Dom Pérignon’ is bigger than a traditional pop-up as it will take over 3 floors of a unique Grade II listed Georgian townhouse. Each floor, with its own distinct personality,…

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Champagne Autréau Lasnot

Champagne Autréau Lasnot

Autréau Lasnot is a Champagne House in the village of Venteuil in the heart of the Valley of the Marne. Since 1932 the Autréau Lasnot family have been growing vines on this same land with vineyards on the hillside stretching out, exposed to the south. When it comes to harvesting the grapes, the quality is the…

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What Does 170 Year Old Champagne Taste Like?

170 year old champagne

168 bottles of Champagne were found in a shipwreck, 50 metres beneath the Baltic Sea in July 2010. The Champagne found was from the Houses, Veuve Clicquot, Heidsieck, and Juglar, which has since been renamed Jacquesson. Prof Philippe Jeandet, from the University of Reims in Champagne-Ardenne, France and his colleagues used various types of chemical analysis to…

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Champagne Dosnon

Champagne Dosnon

There are around 2,000 growers in the Champagne region who make their own Champagne. The Aube’s Champagne vineyards are located in five valleys. The closest to Troyes is the Sarce valley. The vineyards start in the village of Avirey Lingey. It’s here that Champagne Dosnon is based. Davy Dosnon had spent a year in Burgundy…

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Shipments of Champagne to UK rose by 6.1% last year

Shipments of Champagne to UK rose by 6.1% last year

Latest figures show that shipments of Champagne to the UK rose by 6.1 per cent last year, back to the levels of 2012. The UK remains Champagne’s number one export market, a position held almost unbroken since World war 2 and without exception since 1996. Shipments totalled 32,675,232 bottles in 2014. That’s 71 per cent ahead…

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Champagne Leclerc Briant – a bio-dynamic revival

Champagne Leclerc Briant – a bio-dynamic revival

2014 was a remarkable year in many ways for Champagne Leclerc Briant: a complete relaunch for the brand, a brand new look, new management and new cuvées received to great acclaim by the wine press. Things could hardly be better for this modest-sized Champagne house where the philosophy of a grower Champagne combines with the…

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Alexandre Penet – A Man with a Plan

Alexandre Penet – A Man with a Plan

What do you do to make your wines stand out from the crowd if you’re one of the 2,500 or so small Grower Champagne makers? The answer is to think outside the box, broaden your ideas and find your own distinctive style. Alexandre Penet of La Maison Penet is a classic example of someone who’s…

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The Savoy

The Savoy

Perfectly placed on the north bank of the River Thames and set within the vibrancy of Covent Garden’s shopping and theatre district, The Savoy is one of London’s most revered hotels. Presenting a unique collection of six restaurants and bars, with extraordinary personalities and specialists to be found in each of them, The Savoy is…

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