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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...
How to Pair Italian Food with Champagne
How to Pair Italian Food with Champagne
|Kara Maisano.
Selecting champagnes to enjoy with Italian cuisine needn’t be an overwhelming exercise. Classic and seasonal flavours can inspire favourable unions with a variety of champagnes, especially richer styles. Award-winning Melbourne... Read more...
Franck Bonville
Franck Bonville
|Sara Underdown.
Chardonnay styles are never more brilliant, nor elegant, than when winemaking meets terroir in a way that does not overpower. Avize based growers, Franck Bonville, have an artful way of... Read more...
Tour de Force: Thiénot X Penfolds
Tour de Force: Thiénot X Penfolds
|Sara Underdown.
When two great wine brands come together, anything can happen. The unlikely collaboration between Thiénot X Penfolds has the potential to change the future for champagne across more challenging markets.... Read more...
Modern Muse With Belinda Aucott
Modern Muse With Belinda Aucott
|Sara Underdown.
They say that change is the only constant in life. In the case of champagne, it has always been at the vanguard of major shifts in social movements, lifestyle and... Read more...
Philippe Glavier
Philippe Glavier
|Sara Underdown.
Philippe Glavier may be one of the smallest producers in the Côte des Blancs, but size does not diminish value or quality. His are poignant, driven and super-classy blancs de... Read more...
Chalked Up: The Côte des Blancs
Chalked Up: The Côte des Blancs
|David Donald.
Plunge into the chalky, salty, frothy depths of Champagne’s finest terroir for chardonnay. Champagne expert and importer, David Donald, digs a little deeper into chardonnay’s spiritual homeland, the Côte des... Read more...
When Burgundy Comes to Champagne
When Burgundy Comes to Champagne
|Liinaa Berry.
A more Burgundian approach is something often cited by proponents of good grower champagne. But what does it mean? One of Adelaide’s leading sommeliers, Liinaa Berry, returns from Champagne and... Read more...
The Philosophy of Lees
The Philosophy of Lees
|Ned Goodwin.
The effect of time on champagne, both on and off lees, is as much a question of taste as it is about quality. Ned Goodwin MW provides some clarity, and... Read more...

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