Apr
08
It’s all starting! A visit last week to Champagne, en route back from Burgundy (which is entirely another story), showed those very first new shoots and buds forming. Interestingly, the georgaphy of the region was underlined as the vineyards in Champagne were definitely three to five days behind those in Burgundy. The pictures of this …
Sep
09
Just amazing to see how fast time slips by; twelve months ago I was writing about the imminent harvest in the Champagne region and here we are again. Had a surprise and fairly unplanned visit over to France on 30 August to collect some emergency supplies from the cellar stairway – so to speak. Successful …
Aug
18
Apr
17
Amid all the Election fever – and are those party leader live debates a good thing? – I never predicted a surge in champagne demand from nearly every category of customer we deal with; strange but true! Maybe it is the time of year; maybe it is collective joy at emerging from the toughest winter …
Mar
08
Moët gets good press and bad but it important not to lose sight of the fact that Moët & Chandon is a hugely significant champagne with origins hailing from 1743. To many, Moët IS champagne! Moët’s parent, LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy), is a global conglomerate of premium brands, headed by the formidable Bernard Arnault. …
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