According to this report Champagne house Taittinger is to halt the use of cork in its wine. Synthetic closures are the top contenders for the new seal. Sydney Morning Herald ""It is ridiculous ... by cork. Champagne caters for a special market, and once a special moment is ruined you can't go back ...  food & drink  wine closures  champagne...

Gosset Champagne Wine Tasting Note: Gosset Brut Excellence Champagne , NV, Champagne, France ... undertook a little research into food matching with champagne ; as one of the stipulations for this round ... . Scribblings Rating - 92/100 Gosset Champagne Search Tags: wine  food & drink  wine tasting  champagne  wbw  wine blogging wednesday  Champagne Pairing...

Join Brian Freedman and Christian Holthausen in this opportunity to taste Rare Champagne. Holthausen, the International House Communications Director of Piper Heidsieck, explains the importance of crispness and purity in all Piper Heidsieck Champagnes, especially these Rare bottles. Learn about vintages, bottle sizes, and other factors that can...read more...

With shades of ‘cashing in on the cider with ice fad’ comes Piper-Heidsieck ’s plan to market their wine in a similar fashion. Piper’s Brut NV is to be the focus of a serve-over-ice campaign this summer. Your reaction is probably the same as mine, and practically everyone else in the trade. Why, after splashing out close to twenty quid for a bottle of wine made from the finest grapes, one...

With shades of ‘cashing in on the cider with ice fad’ comes Piper-Heidsieck ’s plan to market their wine in a similar fashion. Piper’s Brut NV is to be the focus of a serve-over-ice campaign this summer. Your reaction is probably the same as mine, and practically everyone else in the trade. Why, after splashing out close to twenty quid for a bottle of wine made from the finest grapes, one...

Been out of touch... Lots of travel... Lots of work. Noticed that Larmandier-Bernier , a great terroir focused Champagne, has switched US importers/distributors from Terry Theise to Dressner .  Don´t have any insight on that part of the business, but a great excuse to check out another example of great location based wines...

... avrebbe conquistato il mondo e che sarebbe diventato un'icona del lusso... chiamata champagne...

... avrebbe conquistato il mondo e che sarebbe diventato un'icona del lusso... chiamata champagne...