Pink champagnes 2021 …

Pink bubbles by Michael Dziedzic

… plus three English offerings, with Valentine's Day in prospect.

Yes, pink champagne is a cliché. But, as a champagne importer put it to me last week, 'no one can escape pink in February!'

It's been some time since we surveyed pink champagne specifically. The last tasting article devoted to it was published in September 2019, but that article largely concentrated on grower/single-estate wines. This collection focuses on current pink champagnes from major houses, cuvées which I have tried to identify as closely as possible. The houses vary considerably in how much information they are prepared to give on their labels...