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 …
Apr
07
March seemed to flit by, notwithstanding the horrid weather. It was a busy period at Park Lane with our plans for personalised champagne moving forward and gathering traction and shape throughout the month. If anyone knows someone who would be a super salesperson for the corporate champagne market in London, please email me – in …
Oct
14
Farming is diverse. I am a farmer (Highland Cattle), I have friends who are farmers and our champagne producers are also farmers. Like me, they nurture and grow their raw material (grapes), at the mercy of the elements and making best use of their natural resources. Terroir helps explain the unique characteristic of wines due …
Sep
21
Champagne is a big subject; controversial and emotive with nearly everyone having a different opinion as to which champagne they prefer and why. Certainly with 8,000 producers in the region and each producing probably three different styles, there is plenty of choice! We are often asked which is the “best” champagne; what a question and …
Sep
17
So here it is – and you heard it first on Alastair’s champagne blog: 2009 looks to be an EXCEPTIONAL harvest. That means not just an ordinarily good harvest that could qualify as a vintage declaration; it means an EXCEPTIONAL harvest and that is not a word to use unadvisedly or lightly but rather reverently …
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