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The greatest-ever champagne vintage?
A comparative tasting of champagne from the highly acclaimed 1996 vintage and the overshadowed 1995. And a daring way to remove a recalcitrant champagne cork. Was 1996 the greatest-ever champagne...
Andy Howard MW
Monday 15 December 2025
• 4 min read
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Sparkling wines for the 2025 festive season
Jancis Robinson
Saturday 22 November 2025
• 2 min read
Wine news in 5
Champagne’s first Voltis harvest, tariff effects, ancient Turkish wine facility unearthed
Samantha Cole-Johnson
Saturday 1 November 2025
• 1 min read
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EPI – by no means a glamorous name, but one to watch. A version of this article is published by...
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A truly luxurious champagne you may not have considered.
From €105, HK$930, 145 Swiss francs, $149.99, £119.95, 1,495 Norwegian kroner...
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A blind tasting of some of the fanciest champagnes of all. No one could be more obsessed by mainstream champagne...
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The Champagne region has been changing rapidly – possibly more than any other. This is the last of the articles...
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More than 20 recommended relative bargains of a sparkling nature. A version of this article is published by the Financial...
Inside information
New York-based Charles Curtis MW, fine wine advisor and writer formerly with Christie's, outlines some harsh truths about champagne sales...
Don't quote me
Mouton '45 and Pol Roger '14 x 2. Gloating unlimited.
I have a new mantra: less work and more perk...
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The 31 pink champagnes tasted in Champagne recently show just how seriously producers and consumers are taking this category now...
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Pink champagne is no longer frivolous or a cash cow. There are some delicious wines here.
It was clear during...
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More fine champagne tasting notes... See also this guide to our recent coverage of champagne.
As promised in my recent...
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The final instalment of my report on a concentrated visit to Champagne in June. See this guide to the rest...
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Two distinctive small-to-medium champagne houses, one even more wholemeal than the other. See this guide to our substantial recent coverage...
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Informative sniffs around two of the champagne brands in the burgeoning portfolio of the EPI group. See this guide to...
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A cornucopia of tasting notes and latest news from Billecart-Salmon, Bollinger, Louis Roederer and Taittinger. See this guide to our...
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This section of my reports on a whirlwind tour of Champagne in June (see this guide to the resultant coverage)...
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The fruits of a whizz round some of the most compelling cellars and tasting rooms in the Champagne region, most...
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