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SLP’s Top 12 Wines of 2025
2025 was a year with some great tastings, showing that fine wine continues to be hugely attractive. My selection is very classic…
Ahead of the curve: Champagne Louis Roederer
Today, the name Roederer reveals a different facet depending on the angle from which it is viewed, much like a kaleidoscope. It…
Crémants from the Loire (1): The Maisons
Sparkling wine production in the Loire region is younger than that in Champagne. However, it has some comparable structures and is historically…
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Cooking vol. 5: Apicius (42 a.)
In a comedy written around 200 BC, the poet Plautus has a Greek mock the Romans as ” mash-eating barbarians”. He was…
The Pinot Noir trilogy from Champagne Bollinger
The range of Champagne Bollinger is now clearly divided into two parts. Firstly, the “classic” line, consisting of the Non-Vintages Special Cuvée…
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…
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