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The Greatness of Champagne's Chardonnay
|Kaaren Palmer.
Champagne may be celebrated as a blend of three great varietals, but in the case of chardonnay, it has the ability to stand alone like no other. Blanc de blancs... Read more...
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The New Dom Pérignon
|Sara Underdown.
Beyond the luxe allure of its esteemed brand, Dom Pérignon’s true appeal can be found in its profound metamorphosis over decades of time. During a special visit to learn more... Read more...
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From Champagne, A Wine With No Bubbles
|Yoko Ota-Sawyer.
Long before champagne was celebrated for its fizz, it was famed for its still wines – especially its reds - which were light in body and dry. There is something... Read more...
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Champagne’s Most Distinctive Group, Trait-d-Union
|Yuri Shima.
Trait-d-Union is arguably the most sought-after ticket every other year during Le Printemps des Champagne’s week-long revelry of the finest grower fizz. But what really is it and how did... Read more...
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Ratafia Champenois, The Other Wine from Champagne
|Christina Kaigg.
Champagne’s mostly brut profile seldom works as a dessert wine. But there is an alternative, from Champagne, that rises to the challenge of sweetness whilst remaining delicate, elegant and fresh.... Read more...
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Champagne 2.0: Re-Writing the Constitution of Non-Vintage Champagnes
|Sara Underdown.
Champagne has enjoyed much of its success on a vertically integrated blend of varietals, crus and years to create a unique wine of consistency and predictability. But with changes to... Read more...
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Charles Heidsieck's Blanc des Millénaires 1996 and 2014
|Sara Underdown.
Charles Heidsieck has surprised wine lovers worldwide with a previously unheard of 1996 version of Blanc des Millénaires in addition to the next opus from 2014.  It's an interesting comparison... Read more...
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Jacques Picard: Bastion of Berru
|Sara Underdown.
A stone’s throw east of Reims there’s a place you most likely haven’t heard of. Berru is an historic village that has been at the frontline of battlegrounds during both... Read more...
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Egly-Ouriet New Release Champagnes
|Sara Underdown.
Egly-Ouriet has been long celebrated for making some of the very best wines in Champagne; integrating purity and precision within richness, roundness and deep concentration to create age-defying champagnes that... Read more...
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Cristal Rosé: The Making of Champagne's Most Exclusive Rosé
|Sara Underdown.
Under the sweltering conditions of harvest 2022, I went behind the scenes of Champagne’s most exclusive rosé champagne with Louis Roederer’s chef de caves, Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon. Two days of picking,... Read more...
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Benoît Déhu: Meunier Emergence
|Matthew Lamb.
On the outskirts of Champagne, in Fossoy located in the Vallée de la Marne, there exists a tiny domaine belonging to Benoît Déhu. From here, he crafts the prestige, La... Read more...
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R. Pouillon
|Sara Underdown.
The Pouillon family are privy to some fantastic terroir in Champagne’s Grande Vallée. Rich and textured, whilst paradoxically elegant and enthrallingly vibrant, these are stunning interpretations of terroir, especially through... Read more...

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