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 …
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 …
Sep
01
Pinch punch and all that as the first of September is now with us. A busy month on all fronts as the different European countries start to rub the holiday sand from their eyes. Who knows how things will pan out in this sprint up to Christmas but one thing is for certain – it …
Apr
20
Champagne is a blend of grapes and a blend of years – in the case of non-vintage champagne. It is the skill of the wine-maker in the art of blending which ensures year on year consistency of this most fabulous product, despite the vagaries of the weather – and thus harvest and yield. It is …
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