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Bollinger B16 Finds Balance in 2016

August 20, 2026|Sara Underdown

I remember when Bollinger released B13 back in 2021. It was a 100% pinot noir blanc de noirs from the challenging, but eventually glorious, 2013 vintage and it was at... Read more...

Champagne Takes its Place as Langtons Launches Inaugural Classification of International Wine

August 19, 2026|Sara Underdown

Champagne has taken a significant step forward in Australia’s fine-wine collecting landscape, with 14 wines included in LANGTONS’ inaugural Classification of International Wine. The new 160-wine Classification is particularly interesting because... Read more...

Beyond Bordeaux: Can Champagne Build Its Own Culture of Collecting?

August 15, 2026|Sara Underdown

More than twelve months after its launch, Lanson's Private Collection has become more than a new service for collectors. It is a test of whether champagne can carve out its... Read more...

Forty Years Young: How Champagne Thiénot Is Defining Its Future

July 5, 2026|Sara Underdown

Forty years after Alain Thiénot founded his eponymous Champagne House, the next generation is balancing the family's local legacy with fresh ideas and global partnerships with confidence that the Maison's... Read more...

The Best Wellness Destinations in Champagne: Hostellerie La Briqueterie

April 28, 2026|Sara Underdown

There is something immediately restorative about arriving at Hostellerie La Briqueterie. Perhaps it’s the sweep of four hectares of manicured gardens, or the way the property opens quietly onto the... Read more...

The Best Wellness Destinations in Champagne: Château de Sacy

April 21, 2026|Sara Underdown

It feels as though it has been lifted from the pages of a storybook. At the end of a long, winding road, Château de Sacy reveals itself as a romantic... Read more...

Two Rosés, One Signature: How Charles Heidsieck Achieves Texture and Precision

April 11, 2026|Sara Underdown

Charles Heidsieck always manages to produce champagnes that offer a different kind of power; something quieter and more refined. They don’t announce themselves loudly; they unfold. And almost always, they... Read more...

Inside Joseph Perrier’s Renaissance

March 4, 2026|Sara Underdown

In Champagne, certain names carry an almost instinctive resonance. Perrier is one of them. For many, it evokes heritage, prestige and a sense of permanence within a region where time... Read more...

Champagne’s Eighth Grape: The Return of Chardonnay Rosé

February 8, 2026|Sara Underdown

For a region built on precision, precedent and some of the world’s tightest wine regulations, Champagne is not known for surprises. Yet, recently, the appellation quietly expanded its official framework... Read more...

Sister Act: How Sixth Generation Sisters are Ushering in a New Era at Guy Charlemagne

February 2, 2026|Sara Underdown

When Justine and Marie Charlemagne returned to Épernay in 2023, they didn’t simply come back to a Champagne estate. They came home. I met the sisters at one of the... Read more...

First Taste: Bollinger PN TX20

January 19, 2026|Sara Underdown

First taste of Bollinger PN TX20 reveals a poised, terroir-driven Blanc de Noirs from Tauxières, where Pinot Noir, reserve-wine depth and disciplined oak delivers precision, freshness and quiet confidence. In... Read more...

Charles Heidsieck Delivers a Masterstroke for Age-Defying Champagnes

December 27, 2025|Sara Underdown

Charles Heidsieck delivers a masterstroke for creating age-defying champagnes with its latest releases from the exceptional 2018 vintage, tasted alongside the 2012 and 2006 vintage. Hailed by many as a... Read more...

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