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(2014) The weakest point of any wine competition is ironically the absence of the very best wines. Bordeaux First Growths, for example, will never be found in any wine competition. By devising Champagne & Sparkling Wine Wor ( More... )
(2014) Salon is one of the most intriguing - and mysterious - names in Champagne. It is also a most unusual wine: there is only one cuvée, it is produced only in exceptional years (there were only 37 releases in the entire 20t ( More... )
(2014) Gosset, founded by Pierre Gosset in 1584, has the distinction of being the oldest wine producer in Champagne. The house was owned by the Gosset family right up until the 1990s. Since 1994, Gosset has remained in family ( More... )
(2014) Two pink Champagnes for Valentine's Day With five days to go until St Valentine's Day, highlighting two pink Champagnes may be something of a cliché, but as we drink more rosé fizz on February 14th than any other da ( More... )
(2014) I was delighted when Export Manager for Champagne Drappier, Philippe Verrier, asked if I would like to try their wines. It was a shocking 14 years ago that I last tasted through the Drappier range, in a tasting of wines ( More... )
(2014) In 2012 I presented a 'Prestige Champagne Evening', with 10 of the world's greatest Champagnes, to a fizz-mad audience in London. The event was such a success that it was repeated in December 2013, presenting two wines e ( More... )
(2013) In one of my columns in June of last year I asked whether anyone happened to be looking for a Champagne to import into the UK, USA or Australia. I was keen to emphasise that "I don't usually get involved in this sort of ( More... )
(2012) When Moët & Chandon announced that it would be releasing its flagship cuvée, Dom Perignon, from the 2003 vintage it was a bold move. 2003 in Champagne was one of the most unusual years in recent times, partly becau ( More... )
(2012) Several years ago Jean Barthélémy Chancel of Domaines Chancel Père & Fils in the Côtes du Lubéron region that straddles a buffer zone between the southern Rhône and Provence, contacted me and sent me some sampl ( More... )
(2012) Please note that having posted this request/opportunity in June 2012, there was a flurry of responses from UK importers who were interested, and by January 2013 one of those had become the official and exclusive ( More... )
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