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 […]
It’s Champagne Time with Palmer & Co
It’s Champagne Time with the Very Vibrant Champagne Vaucelle
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 […]
It’s Champagne Time with Krug Rosé for Christmas Day
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 […]
Made in France: A Gourmet Gazette Fine Fare Find
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 […]
It’s Champagne Time with Notre-Dame and the Tour d’Argent
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 […]
It’s Champagne Time with Pommery and Those Oysters that Are Right in Season
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 […]
It’s Champagne Time with Vintage Veuve Clicquot
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 […]
It’s Champagne Time with Gustave Eiffel
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 […]
It’s Champagne Time with the House of Charpentier and a Happy Harvest
For a festive occasion at The Gourmet Gazette we returned to one of our favorite champagnes, the Blanc de Blancs from the house of Charpentier. One of the house’s signature collections is called […]
It’s Champagne Time with Chassenay d’Arce, Once Again
Ville-sur-Arce, France — It was a brilliant and bright September day in Champagne country, precisely in the Côte des Bar region at the southern edge of Champagne near Burgundy. The official harvest […]
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