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A Champagne Lover's Guide to Paris
A Champagne Lover's Guide to Paris
|Sara Underdown.
There are more restaurants and bars in Paris than you can poke a baguette at. Take your pick from the cache of hole-in-the wall eateries to chandelier dripping high-end bars,... Read more...
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How Champagne is Becoming the Most Exciting Wine Tourism Destination in 2025 and Beyond
|Sara Underdown.
At a time when champagne sales are on the decline, and higher-end champagne availability remains relatively limited, the region’s oenotourism initiatives are the silver lining which have the ability to... Read more...
Colorful half-timbered houses with shopfronts in the historic Champagne Aube region
Champagne Wines from the Aube
|Bhatia Dheeraj.
Champagne wines from the Aube, in Champagne’s deep south, are different from those in the Marne. Soil composition, and microclimate, make for particularly good pinot noir growing conditions, with more... Read more...
Chef in black apron holding Lanson champagne bottle in elegant kitchen with plated dishes
Champagne Lanson Partners with Celebrity Chef Luke Nguyen
|Sara Underdown.
Champagne Lanson has announced its partnership with celebrated Australian Chef, Luke Nguyen, which will see their brand represented across all of his venues. Champagne houses have a long history of... Read more...
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A History of the Vin de Champagne Awards in Australia
|Sara Underdown.
Over the course of its history, Australia's Vin de Champagne Awards became a prestigious and fiercely contested award coveted by professionals and non-professionals alike. But despite its long heritage, relatively... Read more...
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Luxury Cruise Season Offers First Class Champagne Experiences
|Sara Underdown.
Luxury cruise season is officially in full swing. Millennials and Gen-Z travellers are trending when it comes to looking at cruising as a way to see multiple destinations on a... Read more...
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Sara Underdown Now Represents Champagne and Adelaide for Star Wine List
|Sara Underdown.
A year after becoming Star Wine List’s Champagne Ambassador, Australia-based wine writer, presenter and educator, Sara Underdown, adds her hometown of Adelaide to her role. Adelaide local, VINE & BUBBLE... Read more...
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Where to Drink Champagne on Global Champagne Day in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth
|Sara Underdown.
Take a note from leading local wine identities on the very best places to enjoy champagne this Global Champagne Day (25 October) in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth. Sydney... Read more...
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Ritz-Carlton Melbourne Launches an Exclusive Champagne Club
|Sara Underdown.
The Ritz-Carlton Melbourne has launched an exclusive Champagne Club for devotees of the world’s finest bubbles. In a first for a leading luxury hotel in Melbourne, the Ritz-Carlton will offer members of... Read more...
A Change in the Wind
A Change in the Wind
|Gert Crum.
Champagne lovers gather around. Listen, can you hear the winds of change? Now, more than ever, Champagne’s growers are bringing awareness to flavour, style and the all-important question of terroir.... Read more...
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Streets Strewn with Champagne: Melbourne's Secret Love Affair
|Christina Kaigg.
Melbourne’s earliest days of farming and gold exploration earned many punters a fortune. What is less known is how these fortunes turned Melbourne’s streets into liquid gold. Champagne became the... Read more...
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The Best Champagnes Under $100 to Raise a Glass with this New Year's Eve
|Sara Underdown.
Champagne on New Year’s Eve may be all about the ‘pop’ and party but choose wisely and you will add even more sparkle to your special occasion – and you... Read more...

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