Paris, France — It was probably one of the most surprising and successful of food and wine pairings. Two of France’s great gastronomic specialties — raw milk cow cheeses and champagne — […]
It’s celebration season for Veuve Clicquot as the venerable house of champagne enters into its 250th year. To mark the milesonte, the house launched a collection of iconic and eco-sustainable packaging in […]
Reims, France — It is always an imposing and sweeping site turning into the wide driveway of the 19th century Pommery Estate in Reims in the heart of Champagne country. It is […]
Paris, France — It was the summer solstice. In Paris. On one of the city’s secret and tasteful terraces. The Méridien Etoile, located down the avenue from the Arc de Triomphe, was […]
Paris, France — It is a remarkable world of tastes and aromas that emerges in Paris at the immensely elegant Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild on May 7th. No less than 70 champagne […]
Paris, France — Ruinart, founded in 1729 and regarded as the oldest champagne house, remains one of its most innovative giving a Carte Blanche to a contemporary artist each year to create […]
It is a house of winemakers, Chassenay d’Arce, a champagne-making cooperative that brings together 130 families in the southernmost reaches of the northernmost wine-making region of France, Champagne country’s Côte des Bars […]
Paris, France — Elder flowers bring a nice note to a host of cocktails. But the elusive flower is hard to find, unless you have been initiated into the secret that is […]
It’s another vintage champagne for the house of Pertois-Lebrun. They have just brought out their Egoiste 2013 vintage a Blanc de Blancs bursting with the great flavor and savor of 100% Chardonnay […]
This is a champagne for connasseurs, champagne that has been carefully curated by the Maison Charpentier, a house that brings out complex champagnes, champagnes for a simple champagne time, but, too, for […]
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