Happy New Year! I hope and pray that 2016 turns out truly awesome for you on all fronts- including plenty of good wines to root. As I look forward to sharing much more than ever on wine and spirits this
Champagne
From: Asterix and the Goths (publishers- Hodder Dargaud)Asterix fans would probably recall a particular issue of the famed comic series in which Getafix, the village druid- who makes the Gauls superhumans with his magic potion- embarks on an annual druids conference. The next few pages in the
The Masterclass in progress
Having six Champagne glasses in front of you with corresponding bottles to be poured in distant vision is a proposition most of us would call fit for a dream. Add a tasting sheet in the foreground and the context changes
The enchanting Chez Madame BollingerGet to know James Bond's Champagne- based on our first hand experience with Maison Bollinger.
Beauty lies in the eye of beholder and so every individual has personal preferences. Maybe this is the reason some people prefer a wine that is complex and long lived, while others go for an easy drinking version that could
Formed in 1935 as ‘Chalons Committee’ Comité Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne (CIVC) in the guiding light of the Champagne appellation.. A visit to the CIVC office unravelled many interesting facts about the yeoman service it is rendering to Champagne
Did you know that the Château de la Marquettrie estate of Champagne Taittinger was once a military headquarters? This and a whole lot of other historical perspective makes the house as endearing as it’s chalk cellars in Saint Nicaise Abbey…
From visiting the 150 years old,cellars that are also home to the glitzy Armand the Brignac , to a personal tasting with Jean Jacques Cattier, our visit to Champagne Cattier at Chigny les Roses was as racy as the lights
The Billecart-Salmon HouseChampagne Billecart-Salmon, situated in the Grand Cru of Mareuil-sur-Aÿ , has a history dating back to 1818 when it was founded with the matrimonial alliance of the Billecart and Salmon families. A synergy that still manifests in the goodness of
Can a wine lover be limited to just one wine region of a country? Surely not. A thought that compelled me to chart a course in France from Champagne to Bordeaux, Rhône Valley,Beaujolais and finally to Paris.