It all began down in a valley. The Arce Valley in the Côte des Bar region of Champagne where there is a house of winemakers, Chassenay d’Arce, a champagne-making cooperative founded in […]
These are those special occasion jewels. Jewels that sparkle, dazzle and bedazzle. Set in a fluid pattern, round, brilliant and pear-shaped diamonds and precious gemstones catch the eye with their unparalleled brilliance. […]
It’s one of those great champagne stories. The Reims-based house of Palmer & Co was established over 70 years ago in 1947 by seven families of grape-growers with prized and premium Premier […]
For 10 generations the family-owned house of Thomas Cheurlin has been working the good earth of France’s Champagne country in and around the picturesque village of Celles-sur-Ource in the Côte des Bar […]
Every year the great champagne house Krug brings out a new version of its Krug Grande Cuvée and its inimitable Krug Rosé. The Krug Rosé brings a certain sparkle to the holiday […]
Paris, France — These are potato chips directly from the good earth of France. This is farm to table at its finest. In the rural village of Boisville-la-Saint-Père in the Beauce, the […]
Paris, France — The splendid re-opening of Notre-Dame offers a time to celebrate and not only the mass. The intricate, impeccable restoration of the Gothic wonder after being ravaged by an insidious […]
Reims, France — It is always an imposing and sweeping site turning into the wide driveway of the 19th century Vranken-Pommery Estate in Reims in the heart of Champagne country. The estate […]
She was a pioneer in many ways, the Veuve that Veuve Clicquot champagne is named for, veuve, the French word for widow. Barbe Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin was born in 1777 and was […]
If you use your imagination, a champagne bottle does in a way resemble the Eiffel Tower, wide-bodied on the bottom then becoming slender as it rises up. In 2021, the descendants of […]
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