The flowering is in progress and going well for the time being. Some early terroirs have flowered last week (around June 16-18), for example the Chardonnays near Avize and Le Mesnil, whereas others are flowering as I’m writing, mostly the Pinot Noirs. In any case the rather cold weather in the region (especially in the […]
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Champagne Taittinger recently carried out an experiment in their hot air balloon into the effects of altitude on bubbles in Champagne. The balloon soared to 10,000 ft, its highest UK ascent, to study the size and speed of bubble formation at different altitudes and to taste the effect of altitude on flavor delivery. After initial
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Champagne Lanson celebrates 250 years this year having been founded in 1760. As one of the few houses still producing in the original “non-malolactic” style that was once the norm in Champagne. Lanson has been proudly sponsoring Wimbledon since 1977. Sign up for your free copy of Champagne Lanson’s 250th anniversary Little Black Book of
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The Fairmont Nile City has a new Champagne Bar with a fabulous little trio, led by singer Princess Soi-Soi, and a list of killer cocktails. Whether it’s pre-drinks for Tamarai (a bar at the Nile City Towers) or an after work gossip session, Fairmont’s new Champagne Bar is the venue for extravagance. What better way
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Champagne labeling laws differ from other parts of France because the entire region falls under a single AOP, the protected term ‘Champagne’ and the wines are categorized according to styles rather than designations. Here the status of the producer is more important than the vineyard sites. To distinguish between the numerous different styles, Champagne labels
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The world’s oldest Champagne house has joined with luxury fragrance house Miller Harris to offer the Ruinart and Miller Harris Sensory Tea at a handful of London’s West End hotels: The Soho Hotel, Haymarket Hotel, Charlotte Street Hotel and Covent Garden Hotel (all part of the Firmdale Hotel group). The “sensory experience” includes a glass
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Wine labeling remains a highly confusing affair. The challenges range from the place-specific labels on most French, Italian and Spanish wines (such as Montrachet, Chianti and Rioja) that require a good deal of knowledge to understand what’s actually in the bottle, to the continuing use of “Champagne” as a generic word for sparkling wines. The
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Situated within one of our most favoured English Heritage sites at St Pancras Station, you can find champagne lovers paradise. Searcy’s Champagne bar boasts the largest selection of Grand Marque houses available in the UK, twenty of which can be enjoyed by the glass. I never thought I would be writing about, essentially, a bar
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Champagne’s stiffest competition comes not from Prosecco, Cava or English sparkling wine – but from Viagra, according to Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger. Speaking at the Reuters Global Luxury Summit last week, the Taittinger chief executive also predicted that Champagne exports to China will outstrip the US within 15 years. And he expects Champagne sales to rebound this
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The mystery surrounding what happens when bubbles collide has finally been busted. And knowing how bubbles bounce apart and fuse together could improve the quality of ice-cream and champagne as well as increase efficiency in the mining industry. In research led by the University of Melbourne, and published online this week in the Proceedings of
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