Grower champagne

What is grower champagne and why is it different?
Grower champagne, also known as Récoltant Manipulant champagne, is perhaps France’s best-kept secret. The magic of champagne starts with grower champagne; grower-producers use the grapes they grow each year to produce their vintage so that each cuvée is a more authentic representation of its terroir and of how that season’s harvest unfolded. Start your journey of discovery here.

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Journey to the Côte des Blancs (Part 3): THE ROAD LESS TRAVELLED

March 25, 2021

There will always be a need for refreshing Blanc de Blancs champagne year-round. Whether a warm spell in autumn, a bout of sunshine after...

Journey to the Côte des Blancs (Part 2): SOUTH

March 4, 2021

A chilled bottle of Blanc de Blancs champagne naturally epitomises the scents and flavours of summer. Its refreshingly dry and mineral-driven, citrus-forward profile pairs...

Journey to the Côte des Blancs (Part 1): NORTH

February 20, 2021

We begin our ‘Summer Series’ journey south of Épernay, Champagne’s capital city, in the great Côte des Blancs region. For this series of articles,...

Meet Champagne Dhondt-Grellet and the terroir-driven cuvées of Adrien Dhondt

February 2, 2021

Champagne Dhondt-Grellet was founded in 1986 when Éric Dhondt and Édith Grellet married and decided to vinify their own grapes rather than sell to négociants....

Summertime Tipples! – get Summer into full swing with thirst-quenching Blanc de Blancs

January 2, 2021

Bonne Année! With a brand-new year upon us, there is much to continue celebrating, and at Sally Hillman, we believe that warm, summer days and long,...

Meet the winemaker, Nicolas Maillart, and his exciting cuvées coming to Le Shop this holiday season.

November 10, 2020

‘Winemaking is simple’, Nicolas Maillart explains, ‘just let it go’. With such humble brevity, you could be forgiven for thinking winemaking is an effortless, bucolic...

Champagne Pierre Gerbais – ‘The difference between good wine and great wine is [in] the details’

August 14, 2020

‘The difference between good wine and great wine is [in] the details’, Aurélien Gerbais, 8th generation grape-grower and 4th generation winemaker of Champagne Pierre Gerbais,...

Grower champagne – a wine that should be treasured and celebrated.

August 8, 2020

What is grower champagne and why is it different? At Sally Hillman we consider there are two broad categories of champagne; one is produced on...

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