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Tag Archives: Champagne
One Of The Biggest Misunderstandings In Champagne Wine Addressed By A Top Champagne House
It had taken five months of tasting 250 wine tanks and barrels to reach this final decision. Only a handful of wine samples made it to this all-important Champagne Billecart-Salmon blind tasting as all the backbreaking work in the vineyards, the immaculate … Continue reading
Special Champagne Wine, Clos Growing Six Different Grape Varieties, Launches Stunning Theo Faberge Edition For $5,400
As panic set in, the married couple who held titles of nobility ran around their well-appointed home as they tried to seek out their precious Fabergé creations that were priceless to both. As the Queen was making a last-minute visit … Continue reading
Oldest Champagne House Releasing New Champagne Wine That Is Shaped By Climate Change
It seemed almost impossible how the narrow stairs could transport people to a seemingly endless journey that took one to and from over 100 feet below ground. And that mystical feeling was enhanced by the walls and ceiling as they … Continue reading
‘Rare’ Champagne Wine Producer Displaying Its Environmental Commitment Through Art
The glittery pink jewels that sparkled in the light attracted the fashionable crowd at The Ritz Carlton Nomad ‘Champagne and Art’ event as they seemed like bejeweled beacons that called out to the sophisticated guests. As one approached closer and … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Champagne, Rare, Rosé, Rosé Champagne, Sustainablility
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Champagne House That Saved A Town During WWI Is Now Saving Environment
During World War I, Champagne Lanson protected the local town people of Reims and today they continue to protect the local community by leading the way to a more sustainable way of farming. Continue reading
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Tagged biodynamic, Champagne, Champagne Lanson, French Bubbles, Organic, Reims, sustainability, World War I
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Top Champagne House Releases 50-Year-Old Vintage Onto The Wine Market
Tucked away in the northern limits of wine grape growing ability, in the acclaimed region of Champagne, France, an adolescent young man is crushed seeing how much of his family’s grapes were decimated by hail as it was the second … Continue reading
Champagne, Rhône And Burgundy Wine Festivals Coming To New York City
The smell of wines bursting with fruit, spice and freshly foraged mushrooms filled the air bringing an energy to the room that was so electric that it vibrated on another level of happiness, sense of community and pure exuberance. As … Continue reading
Counting on Time We Do Not Have
Time is a funny thing. Even though we know that it moves forward at a constant rate, like the most precise base drum in a marching band, at times it seems to move quickly (weekends always fly by much faster … Continue reading
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Tagged Aged Champagne, Aged Wine, Blanc de Blancs, Bruno Paillard, Bubbles, Champagne, Champagne Bruno Paillard, Champagne Bruno Paillard NPU, Champagne Lover, Champagne Rosé, Extra Brut, France, French Sparkling, Multi-Vintages, MV, Nec Plus Ultra, NPU, Paillard, Sparkling, Vintage Champagne
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The Road Less Traveled
Some people are just so truly creative that even though they have been raised in a seemingly average life, they are able to be innovators in certain fields that go against the grain of normal convention. Others, who were perhaps … Continue reading
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Tagged Bubbles, Carol Duval-Leroy, Champagne, Champagne Duval-Leroy, Chardonnay, Femme de Champagne, France, Pinot Noir, Sparkling, Woman of Champagne
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Special Wines Uplift Our Lives
A few years ago – perhaps it was more than a few – I had one of my most heart warming experiences while working in a fine wine retail store in Manhattan. It would become one of the experiences that … Continue reading
