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Two Vin de Champagne Awards ice buckets on black bases at an award ceremony.
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...
Luxury Silversea cruise ship sailing near Sydney Opera House at sunset
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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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...
Vintage champagne bottles and Lanson Vintage Collection box on wooden pallets in a warehouse.
Australia Set For Largest Ever Champagne Auction
|Sara Underdown.
Off the back of the hugely successful Sotheby’s rare Champagne auction, held in Paris in June, Langtons (Australia’s premier destination for fine wine auctions), is kicking-off the largest single-region champagne... Read more...
Pommery Brut Champagne bottle with two filled glasses on elegant dining table
Pommery Celebrates 150 Years with New Releases Apanage 1874 and Cuvée 150
|Sara Underdown.
Champagne Pommery is celebrating 150 years since the release of its first ‘brut’ champagne. Madame Nathalie Vranken flew into Sydney recently, for the occasion, and hosted a gala dinner with... 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...
Close-up of Clos Lanson 2010 Champagne label, Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut bottle
Champagne Lanson Unveils Le Clos Lanson 2010
|Sara Underdown.
Champagne Lanson has launched the next iteration of Le Clos Lanson from the 2010 vintage. After ageing for 12 years on lees, Le Clos Lanson is ready to be unveiled,... Read more...
Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque champagne bottles outdoors on grass with white flowers
Perrier-Jouët Unveils Three New Vintages
|Sara Underdown.
Perrier-Jouët has unveiled three new vintages: Belle Epoque 2015, Belle Epoque Blanc de Blancs 2014 and Belle Epoque Rosé 2014. Maison Perrier-Jouët, has released three new vintages: Belle Epoque 2015,... Read more...
Elegant champagne bar interior with arched windows, marble tables, and brown leather chairs
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...
Two people in suits toasting champagne at a luxury bar with Salon bottles and modern lights
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...
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Sara Underdown Becomes Australia's Newest Dame Chevalier
|Sara Underdown.
Australia has just received its newest Dame Chevalier at a prestigious ceremony and gala dinner held in Paris. Sara Underdown, Founder of VINE & BUBBLE and one of Australia's leading... Read more...
Winemaker in front of large wooden fermentation barrel in a winery setting
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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