Champagne is so internationally famous, such a universal shorthand for all things quality, luxury and convivial (off the top of my head: Miller Hi-Life ‘the champagne of beers’; Churchill’s quip that meeting FDR for the...
Guy Charlemagne & Louise Brison Close your eyes, count to Champagne and you might picture two figures right away: Dom Perignon and Veuve Clicquot. You could call them the First Couple of Bubbly or whatever,...
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS WINE I don’t really have a unifying theme this month, just two great and well-priced bottles to get you through the last of the winter doldrums, or save and pop when more daylight...
Mouzon-Leroux L’Ineffable Blanc de Noirs 2017 You might associate the year 1776 with a handful of epochal USA events, but my five minutes of research just now suggests that the whole world had a...
Well, “battle” is probably an exaggeration. Both of our selections this month are Brut Nature but they aren’t really antagonists. The biggest divisions within Champagne tend to be between categories rather than amongst them. And...
Côte des Bar From north to south, Champagne's kingdom comprises 5 fiefs - Montagne de Reims, Vallée de la Marne, Côte des Blancs, Côte de Sézanne and Côte des Bar - united under the crown...
