Thursday 8th June 2023 | 18:45-20:30
Presenter:
Nick Baker
Location:
The Finest Bubble HQ, 11 Shillingford Street, Islington, N1 2DP
Places are limited to 14 people
18:45 Arrival for aperitif
19:00 Sit down to begin tasting
20:30 Finish tasting
This champagne tasting experience will introduce guests to the new releases from champagne, highlighting the nuanced characteristics unique to each. Eight champagnes will be tasted in total, across various styles. The experience will be an informal sit-down tutored tasting, taking place at The Finest Bubble HQ in Islington.
Guests will be able to taste, ask questions and expand their knowledge of champagne and hopefully broaden their list of favourites. The tasting will be presented by The Finest Bubble's Nick Baker.
Champagne to be tasted:
Louis Roederer Collection 242 NV in Magnum - £104.00
Charles Heidsieck Brut Millesime 2013 - £106.00
Billecart-Salmon Nicolas Francois Billecart 2008 - £160.00
Taittinger Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs 2012 - £178.00
Dom Perignon 2013 - £216.00
Henriot Millesime 2008 in Magnum - £238.00
Louis Roederer Cristal 2015 - £290.00
Bollinger R.D. 2008 - £300.00
Nick Baker - The founder of The Finest Bubble, Nick has worked in the wine industry since leaving university in 1989, starting in selling and eventually moving onto marketing. He spent a year working with MMD and Louis Roederer before getting the taste for California and heading to Sonoma County for a few years. He set up TFB in 2014, testing the concept of same day delivery in London for Champagne. The website grew quickly and the service is now even more focused: delivering to London within two hours from a range of 600+ Champagnes and English sparkling wines. Nick spends time each year in Reims and Épernay researching new producers and future releases, writing up the news on TFB.