New Year’s Eve is the perfect time to Sparkle. And to really sparkle, I mean drink French champagne! I wish I didn’t have to say ‘French’ champagne, because champagne by definition is French, but it seems to be taking a while to get the message through! Back in the mid- 18th century, Madame de Pompadour, mistress…
non-vintage
Tasting Notes 2 – Non Vintages
I was pretty excited to be invited back to talk on Bubbly Talk Radio again about grower-producer champagnes on The Flute Enthusiast. Since we are hoping to make this a regular show I decided we should start from the very beginning and compare three non-vintage champagnes from 3 different producers. The interesting thing about non-vintages from grower-producers…
Champagne 101
It has recently been bought to my attention that some people, who would really like to know more about champagne, are too afraid to ask about the basics. So while I know a lot of people who read this blog already have some knowledge about champagne, this post is for those real debutantes. So they…
