Champagne

Inside information Written by Giles Fallowfield. Some producers are already pronouncing the 2009 Champagne harvest 'excellent' and comparing it with vintages such...

Tasting articles The LVMH-owned champagne house Ruinart celebrated the 50th anniversary of their prestige cuvée Dom Ruinart by organising a vertical tasting...

Wines of the week From €13.29, £17.99, $30.99, NZ$66.99, AU$65 Find Marc Chauvet NV Find Eric Rodez champagnes The British media have recently been...

Tasting articles Charles Philipponnat was in London on Wednesday night for a dinner organised by Bordeaux Index at The Ledbury, wine lovers'...

Don't quote me 19 Nov – See more details about the composition of Armand de Brignac cuves kindly supplied by Tom Stevenson after...

Inside information Those who read my detailed account of the Great Danish Wine Dinner in Even better 'wines of the century'? will...

Free for all Wriitten by Giles Fallowfield. The 2009 Champagne harvest starts today in some of the grands crus of the Côte des...

Inside information The venerable posh grocer Fortnum & Mason on Piccadilly in London is known for many things – smart tins of...

Free for all 17 Jun - Interesting to note that sales of growers' champagnes have been healthier than most in this report on...

Tasting articles I can’t stress enough what great value is to be found among the better growers’ champagnes – those made by...

Free for all This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. Who would have thought that worms...

Tasting articles We may not be buying expensive fizz in anything like the way we did as recently as a year ago...

Inside information Champagne Bollinger presented itself in London yesterday with the chief viticulturist Gilles Descotes and winemaker Mathieu Kauffmann presenting the changes...

Tasting articles For those who want to make a real fuss of their Valentine tomorrow, here is an amalgamation of notes taken...

Free for all The world's first International Sparkling Wine Symposium will take place in the UK on Wednesday 18 Mar 2009 at Denbies...

Free for all This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times. As champagne shipments plummet and retailers...