Le Journal

The arrival of Champagne Elise Bougy to Sally Hillman HQ is a ceremonious one.  Not only is Elise a creative female winemaker, but she is...

In 2010, Quentin Vincey, 8th generation vigneron, took up the family mantle and, with the help of his partner Marine Zabarino, quickly set out to...

Earlier this week, three-starred chef Arnaud Lallement received the Ordre national du Mérite (a French order of merit) at his restaurant, L’Assiette Champenoise, in Tinqueux,...

  Navigating the world of glassware can be a daunting task. With so many options to choose from, you may have found yourself wondering whether...

In Part 1 of Sally Hillman’s Glassware Archives, we wrote in depth about the science behind the shape of a wine glass and the multifactorial...

  A poet once said, ‘The whole universe is in a glass of wine.’ We will probably never know in what sense he meant that,...

Earth Day is observed around the world on April 22 each year—but, in Champagne, every day is Earth Day. As part of an industry that...

  As Bette Davis would say, ‘There comes a time in every woman’s life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne’....

You may recall a few months ago when we debunked the myths surrounding a widely purported ‘champagne shortage’ in Australia. We encouraged champagne lovers not...