Archive for the 'Champagne' Category

2002 Dom Pérignon - “The most perfect prestige Cuvée”

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Yesterday saw a flurry of activity as the delicious Dom Pérignon 2002 hit the market. Moet & Chandon had been planning to release the new vintage in September

Rosé Tasting - Billecart Salmon

Friday, June 18th, 2010

I was lucky enough to be posted in the Billecart Salmon room which happens to be my favourite rosé champagne. I was joined by two Billecart agents

Rosé Tasting - Champagne de Bruyne Rosé

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

De Bruyne is our new house Champagne that we began working with about 8 months ago. Because of the strong euro, we were keen to find a new house Champagne

Nyetimber: An English rival to Champagne

Friday, March 19th, 2010

At 385 acres Nyetimber is the largest vineyard in the UK and its wine is arguably the most famous. It has grown from an initial 35 acres planted in 1987

All about bubbles

Monday, October 12th, 2009

Perhaps I wasn’t concentrating hard enough at wine school, but I never really understood how the bubbles in Champagne worked. There always seemed a little bit of alchemy in there somewhere.