Champagne Archive

Champagne Salon in muddy wellies – just how it should be…

The ridiculously glitzy ‘celebratory’ status enjoyed by certain champagne brands pre-crunch made it easy to forget that champagne is in fact a hugely delicate living substance, created and wholly dependent on, ostensibly, ‘farmers.’ A wintery trip down to the prestigious Champagne village of Le Mesnil sur Oger to visit our...
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So what wines do we really like……

As the last week before Christmas was ticking along and everyone was getting tired and at times a little ratty I thought it would be a good idea to do some research….what is the ranking of the great regions and countries amongst the team here. To discover this I took...
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Delamotte Champagne with Jean-Baptiste…

Only a quick one today as it's frankly too hot to concentrate for long!! Jean-Baptiste (on the left speaking with me at Delamotte in Jan 2008) was in London to present to the team. The wines as ever were terrific. NV, Mellow and creamy, perfect aperitif Blancs de Blancs NV, the iconic...
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