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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He is the face of Champagne Roederer and is now responsible for his 35th vintage at the Maison in 2023. On the occasion of a master class in Hamburg on the new “Collection” series, Jean-Baptiste…
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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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History Wines from the Côte de Sézanne are mentioned as early as the Middle Ages, and until the phylloxera crisis they went into many cuvées of the big brand Champagnes. After that, viticulture in the…
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Martin Maria Schwarz, editor at German radio station HR2, conducted an hour-long interview with Stefan Pegatzky from Sur-la-pointe.com. It was broadcast at the end of September as part of the series “Doppelkopf. Menschen, die was…
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Doutrelant was more than just a wine journalist. From near Lille in northern France, he had started out at a local paper in Angers and then moved to Paris to “Le Monde,” where he dealt…
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This project was originally intended to be a book, but the crisis in publishing, high paper prices and expensive image rights have turned it into a digital project. Who knows, maybe that’s a better choice…
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Listening to Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon, one can easily become confused by his convictions. When it comes to the style of Louis Roederer, for example, “the purity of the fruit is the absolute goal.” If in doubt,…
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I will never forget the Berlin master class in 2018 for the launch of the R. D. 2014: it was not only an opportunity to taste the house’s flagship magnum (apart from the Vieilles Vignes…
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