Champagne

Tasting articles I've been hoarding tasting notes on various fizzes tasted in the last couple of months and here they are, together...

Inside information In our Member's forum, Purple pager James Cornish reported here that he was pretty sure he spotted a bottle of...

Free for all This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. Pink champagne, once dismissed as a...

Tasting articles High heels, black silk stockings, velvet ruffs, and my first ever taste of champagne... at 14, I was bedazzled by...

Tasting articles As you can see from this video , on Friday Champagne Bollinger took the concept of a vertical tasting to...

Free for all I've come across a really excellent, attractive, up-to-the-minute guide to the champagnes currently on the market. You might assume it...

Free for all I realise that we underpriced our Tenth Anniversary Champagne Celebration last December, asking Purple pagers to pay just £40 to...

Free for all This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. See full tasting notes and scores...

Inside information The following is organiser Stephen Skelton MW's own report on the tasting I report on in English fizz v the...

Tasting articles We all know what an urban myth is. Is there such a thing as a rural myth? If so, then...

Tasting articles The iconic champagne house of Salon have this month released their 1999, the last of only 37 vintages they made...

Wines of the week From €109, $180, Ca$184, NZ$259, 4,279 Czech Koruna (a new currency for this site), HK$1,800, £188, Sing$329, 879 Polish Zlotys...

Free for all See also Celebrating the first decade – a first report. Who would have guessed that Thursday 2 Dec would turn...

Inside information Although several notable Purple pagers were prevented by the weather from attending, not least Martin Nettleton and his promised green...

Inside information There seems little doubt that 2002 is an exceptional vintage for champagne. You can find six champagnes based on the...

Free for all This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. Below are my recommended fizzy buys...