
France offered a bottle of Champagne Salon 1948 to King Charles III, during his first official visit to France
September 21, 2023
France offered a bottle of Champagne Salon 1948 to King Charles III, during his first official visit to France
France offered a bottle of Champagne Salon 1948 to King Charles III, during his first official visit to France
Union des Maisons de Champagne (UMC) president, Jean-Marie Barillère, has said that champagne shipments could be close to 320 million bottles for 2021.
The 2018 Champagne harvest has now officially been underway for 2 weeks. With warm conditions continuing to prevail, most houses have been picking as fast as possible and the first juices are already fermenting. We bring you all the latest updates from Champagne.
The difficult 2016 vintage appears to have been kind to Champagne Bollinger. We tasted the Vins Clairs at the winery in Aÿ last month and the house are optimsitic – even drawing likeness to the magnificent 1988 vintage! We judged for ourselves…
With 786 guests, 5,000 glasses used and 3,000 bottles opened, this was the largest Champagne tasting in Europe. Read our thoughts on the Champagnes presented.
From Islington to Champagne. Visiting Hautvillers Abbey and tasting Oenothèque in the historical and spiritual home of Dom Pérignon.