Blanc de Blancs: The Best Champagne Style?

Blancs de Blancs best

I happen to love all types of Champagne, but if I had to choose a favorite, it would probably be Blanc de Blancs.  Among Champagne lovers, this is a very controversial  statement, because many believe that Pinot Noir, not Chardonnay (which alone makes Blanc de Blancs), is the region’s most prestigious grape variety.  Or that…

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Prestige Cuvée Champagnes ~ Part 2 – Medium-Bodied Prestige Cuvées

Prestige Cuvée Champagnes ~ Part 2 – Medium-Bodied Prestige Cuvées

Medium-Bodied Prestige Cuvées Champagne Deutz, Cuvée William Deutz 2000:  Deutz is one of my favorite houses, and I especially love its prestige cuvées, Cuvée William Deutz and Cuvée William Deutz Rosé (one of the best rosé Champagnes made, in my opinion).  Deutz has become even better since Champagne Louis Roederer bought a majority interest in…

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Ruinart Rosé Salon 1764

Ruinart Champagne salon 1764

Ruinart celebrates the 250th anniversary of the first Rosé Champagne with the creation of the Ruinart Rosé Salon 1764. This Summer the Goring Hotel garden in Victoria is set to play host to the Ruinart Rosé 1764 Salon. The concept has been created as part of the Ruinart Rosé 250th anniversary celebrations following the discovery…

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Ruinart

Ruinart was the first established Champagne House in 1729. Nicolas Ruinart, a Reims draper like his father, started his first account ledger devoted to “wine with bubbles” on September 1, 1729. This ledger serves as the birth certificate for the first Champagne House ever created. The first bottles of “wine with bubbles.” In 1735, Maison Ruinart…

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Ruinart Champagne

Ruinart is the oldest established Champagne house, exclusively producing Champagne since 1729. Founded by Nicolas Ruinart in the city of Reims. he realised the ambitions of his uncle, Dom Thierry Ruinart: to make Ruinart an authentic Champagne House. In the period immediately following the 1728 edict of Louis XV, which authorized the transport of wine in bottles,…

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