Hints and tips:
...There is a wealth of alcohol-free champagne alternatives....
...The original “Champagne Charlie” was the 19th-century bon viveur Charles Heidsieck; founder of the eponymous champagne house and the man widely credited with popularising champagne in the States....
...To mark the launch of its 2014 Rosé, Rare Champagne has commissioned French artist William Amor to create a limited-edition bottle adorned with a delicate rose made from upcycled plastic....
...At the city’s annual champagne gala, La Fête du Champagne, grower champagnes go head-to-head with Krug, Bollinger and Ruinart....
...of the original – olive-green banquettes, linen-textured walls, uncluttered white marble bar – but it will take it up a gear, opening for breakfast, lunch, coffee and doing French wines and interesting champagnes...
...Ferments for fine dining Ama’s artisanal brews from the Basque country are designed to speak to wine lovers – they’re fermented from fine tea like kombucha, and cellar-aged on the lees like champagne to...
...I tried the free consumer app (which is still a work-in‑progress) and found it a bit clunky, but the champagne recommendations it gave me after I’d plugged in a few favourites were a good mix of grandes...
...founder of the award-winning Sip Champagnes....
...“They want the best of everything: the best wine, the best whisky, champagne – and now the best tequila, too.”...
...Might there be room for a grower champagne in the family? “Never say never,” says Arnault’s son, Alexandre, who oversees the project in addition to being a senior executive at Tiffany & Co....
...The versatile design is a touch curvier, and shorter, than a Zalto – I think it’s at its best with really special champagnes (£85 for two)....
...In the lower-oxygen environment, the champagne matures at a more stately pace....
...A sparkling Dassai 45 Junmai Daiginjo unfiltered sake (£24) comes in a champagne flute; and an umami-ish Noguchi Naohiko Limited Edition (£519) in a trumpet-shaped tin cup; a pure, almost minty Yamahai Aiyama...
...On another occasion, Kanné wrote to Clicquot requesting “one hundred bottles […] of your oldest champagne, not too sweet” – an indication that Victoria was very much on board with champagne trends of the...
...EuroCave’s blingy new V-Champ-L (£10,999) model features a lazy Susan, whose bottle supports are clad in champagne-coloured leather, for showcasing prestige cuvées....
...But finding them sure takes some sifting – till then it’s champagne and cola for me. @alicelascelles...
...The place that means a lot to me are the chalk crayères where we cellar our champagne in Reims....
...Matthew O’Connell, chief executive of LiveTrade, a fine wine trading platform, said activity had been “frenetic” this year and increased demand for wines such as champagne following the reopening of restaurants...
...Peter Crawford, the Scottish co-founder of Decanter’s Champagne Retailer of the Year, Sip Champagnes, likes to kick back with champagne and fish and chips....
...Today, a huge proportion of the leading champagne houses have female chefs de cave. Women make up very nearly half of new Masters of Wine....
...And The Little Fine Wine Company has a great selection of half-sized champagnes. Louis Roederer’s Rosé 2015 (£35.95) is a wonderfully expressive, yet structured, rosé....
...Hine Bonneuil 2012 is made from one vineyard in the heart of Grande Champagne terroir – it is soft and supple with mellow notes of blond tobacco and sweet praline....
...The house fizz will be from Latourba – thought to be the only winery in the country doing champagne-method sparkling wine....
...“We are not opening the champagne yet, but putting the bottle in the fridge,” he said. “The discussion is extremely complicated because there are simply different views . . ....
...Not everyone in Britain, however, is making wines in the image of champagne....
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