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Tag Archives: champagneChampagne danced to a slightly different beat this week. But this was not stadium rock from heavy Moët et al (geddit?) big bands. Instead four groups of single estate producers showed wines in Epernay, Aÿ, Avize and Reims. We prefer to use the term single estate or domaine champagne instead of ‘grower’ so … Continue reading I strongly recommend this small domaine champagne producer to you (pronounced ‘Lackort-Gobeeon’) for two simple reasons. They make very good champagne and they are a young family working out of their socks with the requisite ambition to improve their champagnes still further. To me, husband and … Continue reading I was musing the other day about one of the most repeated truisms in Champagne. And that is the old line about every house making its wines to a very clear and consistent ‘house style’. The idea is that if … Continue reading So there you are, sitting in the front room of a man who looks for all the world as though he would be happy to fix your plumbing. Actually, I’m sure René-Henri Coutier could. And he beams at you with the … Continue reading I’ve never felt comfortable with the term ‘gastropub’, sounding more like food poisoning than what it means to convey. I guess the term arose from the dilemma of what to call pubs whose food was a notch above dodgy Thai or depressing … Continue reading Champagne Bruno Paillard is a new champagne house, but in 30 years, has become one of the very best. For ‘new’ read founded in 1981. That no other new house has been formed from scratch since, says as much about Bruno Paillard’s brilliance and drive … Continue reading On 24th February 2010 at 9am, we arrived at Francis Boulard’s small winery and farm headquarters which stand alone by the main road a little north of Reims and rang the bell. And waited. We had made an appointment; sometimes arrangements go … Continue reading Gosset makes champagne on the rarified level of the top echelon of Champagne producers. Absolutely top drawer. But it doesn’t stand on too much ceremony. I can’t remember a warmer or more smiling welcome at an important champagne house than … Continue reading Heaven knows, Champagne (and champagne!) enthusiasts are in dire need of an up to date book which does justice to the most successful wine region in the world and points us towards the good stuff and away from the duds. … Continue reading I recently had the chance to catch up with Anne Malassagne in London, the lady in the picture, who is with her brother Antoine, the owner and leading light of Champagne A R Lenoble. They are based in Damery, just West … Continue reading
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