October '23 Champagne Club: Bergere & Laborde

Bergere & Laborde Completing various courses of riddling, disgorging and bottle aging before release, Champagne is valedictorian of the wine world’s most punishing finishing school. Trained to present as pristine on any occasion, it’s easy...

August '23 Champagne Club: Pinot Meunier

We Just Say Meunier  As you likely already know, three grapes, the so-called ‘noble trinity’, constitute the source material for 99.7ish% of all the Champagne in the world. The first two, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir,...

April '23 Champagne Club

Gonet-Médeville & Marie Copinet Spring done sprung since our last installment of Champagne Club, and other than the weather, most of the  traditional indicia have arrived rite (sorry) on schedule. Spring training is over,  the...

Champagne Club February '23 - Dig If You Will A Picture

Vincent Charlot/Guillaume Sergent Speaking to his ghostwriter shortly before he mic-dropped this mortal coil, the artist forever - sorry, 4ever -  known as Prince chided critics tethering his music to otherworldly concepts like “alchemy” and,...

Champagne Club December '22

Saint Chamant & Coquillette  Now that we’re smack in the middle of celebration season, I find myself wondering, with every toast: Why Champagne? Besides being delicious, what accounts for its specific mystique, its literal elevated...