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Revisiting Style: The Battle of the Vessels
Revisiting Style: The Battle of the Vessels
|Marcell Kustos PhD.
How does winemaking influence an oxidative or reductive style? What is the affect on the final champagne and how does it influence its profile over time or ability to age?... Read more...
A New Chapter - Louis Roederer Collection 242
A New Chapter - Louis Roederer Collection 242
|Sara Underdown.
The release of Louis Roederer's brand new, Collection 242, replaces its much-loved Brut Premier. It is an audacious move for Louis Roederer which has traversed a path of unequivocal progress,... Read more...
A Forgotten Bunch: Champagne's Other Grape Varieties
A Forgotten Bunch: Champagne's Other Grape Varieties
|Yoko Ota-Sawyer.
Chardonnay adds freshness, pinot noir imparts body and structure and meunier is round and fruity. So goes what they say about champagne’s finely balanced and unique blend. But there are... Read more...
Coteaux Champenois: The Other Wine from Champagne
Coteaux Champenois: The Other Wine from Champagne
|Sara Underdown.
Can champagne exist without its bubbles? Well, yes, kind of. Although it isn’t called champagne. Please, let me explain. Long before champagne was celebrated for its fizz, it was famed... Read more...
Champagne Escape to Mt Lofty House, Adelaide Hills
Champagne Escape to Mt Lofty House, Adelaide Hills
|Sara Underdown.
The appeal of Mt Lofty House may be in its unashamed decadence, but there is also a lot of heart and soul that comes through its finer details. Champagne lovers... Read more...
Pursuing Pinot: Veuve Clicquot
Pursuing Pinot: Veuve Clicquot
|Sara Underdown.
Houses don’t come much bigger than Veuve Clicquot, but they also don’t come much better either. Despite its marketing prowess and colossal production of more than 18 million bottles, the... Read more...
Cristal 2013
Cristal 2013
|Sara Underdown.
Yes, it’s fantastic, but I always knew it would be. All the things I love about Cristal makes even more sense when clothed in vintage 2013. In the latest release... Read more...
Hand pouring champagne from Riedel decanter into glass against dark background
The Great Debate: Decanting Champagne
|Marcell Kustos PhD.
To decant or not to decant may be one of the most contentious debates amongst champagne lovers, but it goes without saying that champagne is firstly a wine. Decanted properly,... Read more...
Champagne Vintage 2013: A Profile
Champagne Vintage 2013: A Profile
|Sara Underdown.
After the 2008/2012 extravaganza comes the 2013 vintage, unannounced and on the back foot. Sara Underdown explains why this ‘sleeper vintage’ is worthwhile getting excited about. Helen Keller once said... Read more...
Two women wine tasting at a modern table with glasses and a champagne bottle
What's in a Glass?
|Sara Underdown.
How can you measure what’s in a glass? Hint, I’m not talking volume. Intangibles, notably appearance and aroma, should impart to a glass something worth beholding, though the sum of... Read more...
Coteaux Champenois
Coteaux Champenois
|Bhatia Dheeraj.
Long before Champagne was known for its sparkling wines, it was famous for its still wines – particularly reds – and especially those taken from the King’s own vineyards in... Read more...
Prestige Pivot - What Really Is Prestige Champagne?
Prestige Pivot - What Really Is Prestige Champagne?
|Matthew Lamb.
Prestige champagne is no longer the exclusive domain of the Grandes Marques. Smaller houses – even growers – now attract fiercely loyal followers on account of some very good and... Read more...

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