With only a few shopping days left until Christmas, it’s time to think about which champagnes you will choose for your Christmas Cheer! Here are 12 ideas to suit every budget.
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Seven Christmas champagnes under $75
This month, my Champagne Club decided to go looking for suitable Christmas champagnes under $75. We were pleasantly surprised by the selection that was readily available in that range. But first a little little discussion about our Champagne Club, or the CHIC Circle. The CHIC Circle started when I realised there were quite a few…
When Louis met Jacques
Let me tell you a little story about the night Louis met Jacques. That’s Louis Roederer and Jacques Bollinger, just to be clear. Louis Roederer (1809 – 1870) and Jacques (Jacob) Bollinger (1803 – 1884) were actually contemporaries, but this is not a story about them meeting for a sneaky drink on a Friday night…
A week of Champagne Fabulousness!
The bubbles are settling. Not that I ever want them to fully settle, but they are not quite so effervescent as they were a couple of weeks ago. I am home now, and looking through all the photos of the Fabulous Ladies Champagne Tour and I feel like I am back there! It was loads…
Vin de Champagne Awards 2014 – now the bubbles have settled
I am in my office and finding it very difficult to focus on the backlog of work in front of me – piled up after being all consumed over the last few weeks with my preparation for the Vin de Champagne Awards. What an amazing experience it has been. I was selected as a finalist…
Left with some fabulous memories
It’s already a week since I returned from my ‘Fabulous Ladies Tour of Champagne’ and I am having trouble even believing that the whole trip happened now that I am back to cutting lunches and making beds! So much happened in that last week that it whirled by in an instant. Following our trip to…
Champagne under fire
At this time of year I think a lot about my father-in-law and all the wonderful stories he told me during the times we spent together. He told me about his youth trying to get chewing gum from American soldiers during World War II when war was like a game to a kid, to stories…
The Original Champagne Sisters
Champagne has a lot to thank its women for. In a field mostly dominated by men, historically a select few woman have been influencing the way champagne as we know it is enjoyed. Louise Pommery (d. 1890), Barbe-Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin (d. 1866), Camille Olry-Roederer (d. 1972), and Lily Bollinger (d. 1977) have all been huge influencers in a country that didn’t even allow…
