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Not sure why phylloxera is so fearsome? Don’t know how grapevine selection affects wine? Then this post is for you! This week, we’re looking at...

Champagne producers are increasingly using the terms ‘organic’, ‘biodynamic’ and ‘sustainable’ to describe their viticultural practices. On the bottles, you might see the associated certifications,...

Seen some terms used to discuss champagne but aren’t really sure what they mean? Here’s a quick guide: 🖊 Terroir: Identical grapes grown in different...

      A Bague Carrée (‘square ring’) is a term used to describe the square lip found just below the mouth of a champagne...

Our latest Blanc de Blancs champagne arrivals come from unique, lesser-known growing areas renowned for producing terroir-driven, Chardonnay-based cuvées with age-old traditions. Offering a distinct...

  In a recent study published in ACS Omega, researchers measured the dissolved carbon dioxide concentrations in 13 different champagne vintages supplied by Champagne Castelnau....

    Label Nomenclature Champagne bottles are labelled with mandatory specifications, consumer information and optional wine production facts. Producer initials are a mandatory labelling requirement....

The Christmas and New Year celebrations have now passed, which means it’s time to take stock for the year ahead—figuratively and literally! If, like us,...

What is reserve wine, and what role does it play in Champagne? As a cool continental climate prone to Mother Earth’s mercurial and ruthless nature,...