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French police chase stops €600,000 Champagne theft
French police reportedly moved quickly to thwart the attempted theft of Moët & Chandon Champagne with a value of nearly €600,000 (£524,000) last weekend. It’s the latest example of fine wine being...
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Regional profile: Champagne's Montagne de Reims
Verzenay WindmillThe vineyards in the northern part of the Champagne region are often sliced into three distinct areas: the Côte des Blancs for Chardonnay, the Marne Valley for Meunier and the Montagne...
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Blanc de Blancs Champagne: Panel tasting results
Tom Hewson, Alan Bednarski and Shane Jones tasted 89 wines with 3 Outstanding and 34 Highly recommended. Blanc de Blancs Champagne: Panel tasting scores 89 wines tasted Exceptional 0 Outstanding 3...
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Top value supermarket Champagne
Supermarket own-label wines feature frequently in Decanter’s recommendations and reviews, because they provide notable consistency and value for money. While it is difficult to make great Champagne...
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Champagne at Christmas: A course-by-course guide
Champagne around the Christmas table.Festive days tend to fall into a predictable arc of food and wine: the day starts bright and light, but, as the light fades and the curtains are drawn, plates and...
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Festive Champagne cocktails to make at home
If Champagne is the celebration drink par excellence, then a Champagne cocktail dials those celebrations up to 11. There’s arguably nothing better than offering your guests a sparkling cocktail in an...
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Tom Hewson: My top Champagnes of 2023
Vineyards in Champagne.I’m often asked what my favourite Champagne is. These days I tend to try and answer a subtly different one: what’s my favourite style of Champagne? The answer tends to be...
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Philipponnat: An 'astounding' Clos des Goisses 1978-2014 vertical
Clos des Goisses.In the modern era, the idea of single-vineyard Champagne is commonplace, yet the concept of making a Champagne from a single site is comparatively new. The first that we know of, or...
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Champagne shipments fall in 2023 to 'steady' pre-Covid levels
Global Champagne shipments fell 8.2% in 2023, versus 2022, to 299 miliion bottles, according to new data released by the Comité Champagne. It said orders have returned to a ‘steady pace’ and to...
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First Taste: Billecart-Salmon 2016 & Le Clos St-Hilaire 2007
The new vintage of Billecart-Salmon's Le Clos St-Hilaire is released.The latest vintage from one of Champagne’s rare walled vineyards, Le Clos St-Hilaire, has been released after more than 15 years...
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Oregon's 00 Wines: Producer profile and 18 wines to try
Chris and Kathryn Hermann of 00 WinesBefore creation, the void. Naught as a concept is a somewhat recent creation, thought to date to fifth-century India. However, it was not introduced to Europe until...
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Top rosé Champagne to try
In 2023 global Champagne shipments fell by around 8% to 299 million bottles but Champagne remains a firm favourite with UK customers and is particularly popular as a celebration wine. With Valentine’s...
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Champagne Egly-Ouriet: Maestro of the Montagne de Reims
Credit: Tom HewsonOn a bitter January morning, as a snowstorm catches Champagne’s gritting lorries unawares, 10 barrels sit unceremoniously under one of two Coquard presses, their bungs stained pale...
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Collector's Guide: Champagne
The past decade has seen Champagne take a commanding place in the fine wine market. Exclusive and luxurious while simultaneously attainable and – relatively – affordable, Champagne has been blessed...
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First taste: Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame Rosé 2015
‘It is a Grande Dame first and a rosé second,’ says Veuve Clicquot’s cellar master Didier Mariotti speaking of the newly released rosé cuvée of the 2015 La Grande Dame. It is one year on from the 2015...
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Best sparkling wines for Mother's Day
Mother’s Day falls on Sunday 10 March in the UK this year, just as spring approaches, when the mimosa trees are beginning to blossom, buds are breaking and there are signs of new life. Flowers, plants...
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First Taste: Krug 2011 vintage release
Credit: KrugChampagne’s great houses are often accused of playing it safe, yet Krug begs to differ: the house has gone where few others have ventured, having chosen to celebrate the unusual 2011...
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Ageing Grower Champagne: The peaks and pitfalls
Credit: Diana Miller / Getty ImagesWhere in the world might you find a £100 wine that won’t benefit from a decade in the cellar? The list is certainly short, though Champagne is arguably on it. The...
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First taste: Champagne Lallier's Réflexion R.020
Lallier, purchased by the Campari group in 2020, sits in one of Champagne’s in-between spaces. On the one hand, this is a house like many others, buying in 90% of its grapes from all over Champagne. On...
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First taste: Bollinger's La Grande Année 2015
Champagne Bollinger moves on this week from what were arguably two of the best-regarded releases from the Grandes Marques in 2014, La Grande Année and its rosé sibling, with a new pair from an entirely...
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