Today I had my first taste of the upcoming, much anticipated 2012 vintage of Dom Pérignon. This vintage, according to chef de cave Vincent Chaperon, celebrates Dom Pérignon’s freedom of creativity. In a near-perfect year following a truly challenging growing season, Dom Pérignon ended up being equipped with an amazing choice of exciting and versatile …
A warm vintage troubled by rapidly proliferating botrytis in the vineyards. With cellars filled up to the rim with fine 2008 and 2009 champagnes and the global financial crisis slowing sales, few vintage releases were declared. But the ones ones that were have brought about great surprises, the finest of them to date being Dom …
Many of us have a little more time on our hands in these difficult times , so Essi and Nick Baker of the English Champagne merchant thefinestbubble.com wanted to bring a little cheer and education when there isn’t much reason to celebrate. Since March 27th we have gathered with a great bunch of Champagnee lovers …
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Bubbles fill the Old Student House of Helsinki 19th – 21st of April bringing together champagne lovers, gourmands and top names in the industry. The three-day event features experts sharing their know-how, passion and champagnes. ”We are thrilled to welcome star guests of the greatest calibre joining us in our celebration of champagne. Our mission …
All pictures by Charmaine Grieger Dom Pérignon 1998 P2 in Magnum was named Supreme World Champion and Best French Sparkling Wine Chef de Caves Richard Geoffroy collected the trophies from judges Tom Stevenson, Essi Avellan MW and Dr Tony Jordan in front of a ‘who’s who’ gathering of over 120 international winemakers, producers and journalists …
Published in French in 2015 in Flacons of Champagne magazine: Chef de cave Richard Geoffroy is not playing it safe with Dom Pérignon. There is a formidable legacy to guard for the region’s first prestige cuvée that carries the name of Champagne’s most mythical figure. But instead of securing it, it is reinvention …
It was Louis Roederer’s night with numerous Trophies at the CSWWC Awards Dinner in London last Thursday. The house’s Cristal Brut 2002 (Magnum) was named Supreme World Champion and Best French Sparkling Wine 2016. The Champagne House was also named Sparkling Wine Producer of the Year in front of 100 international winemakers, producers and guests at …
FINE Champagne and tastingbook.com select the World’s Best Champagne – The winner is Laurent-Perrier Grand Siècle FINE Champagne magazine, the international publication devoted to champagne and tastingbook.com, the World’s largest wine information source, announce their list of the ‘100 Best Champagnes for 2016’. After days of blind-tasting hundreds of champagnes, the final results were tabulated. …
On the eve of launching the new 2006 vintage, Chef de Cave Richard Geoffroy is at ease – even exited – about Champagne’s warming vintages for Dom Pérignon: ‘I feel like I am thriving on the warm years’. He is not shy to demonstrate a broader scope of vintage expressions being increasingly comfortable at extremes. …
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Best Champagne (REGIONAL CHAMPION) * Louis Roederer 2004 Cristal Rosé Brut Award received by Charles King of Maisons Marques et Domaines on behalf of chef de cave Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon Champagne Extra Brut * Jacquart NV Extra-Brut Jacquart chef de cave Floriane Eznack receiving the award Champagne Future Release * Palmer & Co NV …
Mild, seductively sweet, embacing nose with a harmonious melange of freshly ground coffee, dark fruit, struck match, vanilla and exotic spices. Truly inviting and generous already, without shyness. The selection has been strict as there is at least to date no whiffs of botrytis troubling most champagnes of the vintage. Fully ripe fruit profile laudably …