Portrait: Domaine Alexandre Bonnet
History There are border towns where something simply ends and which essentially represent the country to which they have always belonged. And…
SLP’s Top 5 Falstaff Champagne Gala 2023 in Berlin
In view of the mushrooming sparkling wine and champagne presentations in Germany, it was good to see that the number of exhibitors…
Bruno Paillard’s Yin and Yang
First, the basic facts about the new Blanc de Noirs: base vintage 2018 with 12.5 percent reserves from a “Réserve perpétuelle” created…
SLP’s Top 8 from Bar Convent Berlin 2023
We had already noted the trend last year. The wine and bar worlds are drifting further and further apart, at least at…
Piper-Heidsieck and the Grandeur of the Non-Vintage Cuvées
September saw the launch of the latest Cuvée from Maison Piper-Heidsieck: Essentiel Blanc de Noirs Extra-Brut. It is the maison’s first Champagne…
JB Lécaillon – The Big Interview (Part 2)
He is the face of Champagne Roederer and is now responsible for his 35th vintage at the Maison in 2023. On the…
Portrait: Champagne Bernard Lonclas
History Viticulture around the town of Vitry-le-François has a long tradition. At the end of the 17th century, old records show, vineyards…
JB Lécaillon – The Big Interview (Part 1)
SLP: You are Chef de cave of Maison Roederer, but also its Executive Vice President at the same time. That is unique…
Jon Bonné: The New French Wine
864 pages in two volumes, the result of eight years of research and 30,000 kilometres travelled in France. The numbers alone command…
Portrait: Champagne Le Brun de Neuville
History Wines from the Côte de Sézanne are mentioned as early as the Middle Ages, and until the phylloxera crisis they went…
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