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VINE & BUBBLE Celebrates Double Win at the 2026 World Luxury Travel Awards
VINE & BUBBLE Celebrates Double Win at the 2026 World Luxury Travel Awards
|Sara Underdown
An international acknowledgement of our commitment to extraordinary, bespoke travel experiences in Champagne. As founder of VINE & BUBBLE, I am delighted to announce that we have been recognised with... Read more...
The Best Wellness Destinations in Champagne: Henri Giraud
The Best Wellness Destinations in Champagne: Henri Giraud
|Sara Underdown
At Manoir Henri Giraud in Aÿ, the House has taken two of Champagne's most important natural resources - chalk and oak - and incorporated them into an unconventional approach to... Read more...
First Images Released of Lanson's New Private Collection Salon
First Images Released of Lanson's New Private Collection Salon
|Sara Underdown
Launched last year, as reported in VINE & BUBBLE, the Lanson Private Collection marked a very different approach for the historic Champagne Maison, offering collectors the opportunity to establish their own... Read more...
Louis Roederer's Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon on Wine, Work and What We Leave Behind
Louis Roederer's Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon on Wine, Work and What We Leave Behind
|Kaaren Palmer.
Louis Roederer’s chef de cave, Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon, seems to grow more energetic by the year. On the eve of the House’s 250th anniversary celebrations in Reims, he spoke to Kaaren... Read more...
A Name in the Chalk: An American Soldier's Story Rediscovered in Champagne
A Name in the Chalk: An American Soldier's Story Rediscovered in Champagne
|Sara Underdown
Eighty-two years after a young sergeant carved his name into the cellars of Champagne Gosset, his children have come to Épernay to meet him there. Descend the steps into a... Read more...
Champagne With Kids: How to Explore France's Famous Wine Region as a Family
Champagne With Kids: How to Explore France's Famous Wine Region as a Family
|Sara Underdown
Champagne may be celebrated for its vineyards, Maisons and exceptional wines, but what happens when you're travelling with children? From underground adventures and interactive museums to forests, amusement parks and... Read more...
The Art of Succession: Caroline Brun's New Era at Roger Brun
The Art of Succession: Caroline Brun's New Era at Roger Brun
|Sara Underdown
After decades on the periphery of her family's Champagne domaine, Caroline Brun has taken the reins. With an unprecedented 2026 harvest behind her and a changing climate ahead, her first... Read more...
Brass telescope overlooking scenic vineyard landscape under blue sky
The Ultimate Three Day Guide to Visiting Champagne
|Sara Underdown.
Ah, champagne. That otherworldly wine with its hypnotic bubbles, heady aromatics and je ne sais quoi. Though the bubbles that scale the length of every glass may be the one... Read more...
First Taste: Taittinger's Comtes de Champagne 2015
First Taste: Taittinger's Comtes de Champagne 2015
|Sara Underdown
What makes a champagne recognisably Taittinger? And, perhaps more importantly, how much does that identity move with the vintage? During a recent tasting with Taittinger Chef de Caves, Alexandre Ponnavoy,... Read more...
Bollinger 2018: Warmth, Freshness and New Expressions of Pinot Noir
Bollinger 2018: Warmth, Freshness and New Expressions of Pinot Noir
|Sara Underdown
The 2018 vintage delivered warmth, generosity and unusually early ripeness across the Champagne region, yet it also retained a freshness that might not have been expected from the conditions. Harvest... Read more...
Nicolas Maillart: Inheritance, Oak and the Freedom to Evolve
Nicolas Maillart: Inheritance, Oak and the Freedom to Evolve
|Sara Underdown
Nicolas Maillart's story starts with three villages and two sides of one family.  Écueil and Villers-Allerand, both Premier Cru, sit on the northern side of the Montagne de Reims, while... Read more...
The Luxury of Time: Louis Roederer at 250
The Luxury of Time: Louis Roederer at 250
|Sara Underdown
As Louis Roederer marks 250 years, and Cristal reaches its 150th anniversary, President and CEO Frédéric Rouzaud reflects on the family decisions, vineyard philosophy and restless creativity that has shaped... Read more...

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