We had already noted the trend last year. The wine and bar worlds are drifting further and further apart, at least at the Bar Convent Berlin. This year Nicolas Feuillate kept the champagne flag flying…
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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 innovation for which Émilien Boutillat, Piper-Heidsieck’s cellar master since 2018, is responsible. The…
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SLP: You said the phrase last year: “The new Champagne is defined by terroir.” Can you explain that? JBL: We know that the future in Champagne will be determined by the change in climate. So we have to look…
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History Viticulture around the town of Vitry-le-François has a long tradition. At the end of the 17th century, old records show, vineyards were not as widespread in percentage terms in any of the Champagne communes…
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SLP: You are Chef de cave of Maison Roederer, but also its Executive Vice President at the same time. That is unique in Champagne. What does that mean in concrete terms? JBL: First of all,…
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864 pages in two volumes, the result of eight years of research and 30,000 kilometres travelled in France. The numbers alone command respect. Especially since the US journalist Jon Bonné is no stranger to Europe.…
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The modern history of Tariquet begins in 1912, when father and son Artaud bought the estate where Armagnac had been distilled since 1683. They came from a family of bear tamers from the Pyrenees and…
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Today, it is rare to meet a representative of the founding family of a Champagne house. At ProWein, one could make this experience three times. Only a few metres separated the stands of Alice Paillard…
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It’s actually amazing how long the wine industry has known the term Cool Climate. Oregon as early as the 1960s, Marlborough from 1973. In South Africa, the search for alternative sites began with Tim Hamilton…
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It is not easy for Vintage Champagnes in Germany. In terms of volume, they accounted for only 0.8 per cent of Champagne sales in this country in 2022. Among the top 5 export nations (besides…
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