2017 PRINTEMPS DES CHAMPAGNES TASTING The 10 winegrowers of Origines Champagne association gathered this year again to present a selection of clear wines from the complicated but excellent in quality, 2016 harvest as well as their prestigious cuvées produced by their rigorous wine making process. A tasting located in the center of the South vineyards of Epernay…
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Portrait of Benoît Déhu
VISIT AND TASTING AT BENOÎT DÉHU On the edge of the appellation, at the end of a little road where the land is full of life and the soil fertile, a plant garden sets on a clay terroir with green marl. Benoît is an outstanding winemaker who knew how to take a back seat to the evidence of his terroir and…
Portrait of the estate Leclerc Briant
VISIT AND TASTING AT CHAMPAGNE LECLERC BRIANT Leclerc Briant is one of the historic estates in the region… pioneer for the organic and biodynamic approach in Champagne, fruit of a strict, rigorous and methodic work in the vines… This estate of 9 hectares located in the heart of Epernay is also resolutely innovative breaking away from…
Portrait of Benoist and Isabelle Perseval
VISIT AND TASTING AT CHAMPAGNE PERSEVAL FARGE A broad grin on their face, they host the epicurean on a quest to find champagne goldsmithery… Isabelle and Benoist – proud of their inheritance – cultivate with sincerity, authenticity, pragmatism and determination ‘classic’ and ‘old’ grape varieties. Nestled in the slopes of the vineyard, in the heart of the wine-growing…
Portrait of Nicolas Maillart
VISIT AND TASTING AT CHAMPAGNE NICOLAS MAILLART Conscientious winegrower, outstanding winemaker, Nicolas Maillart, representing the 9th generation on the estate, puts up a faultless performance in Ecueil perpetuating the incredible history of 3 centuries and the know-how of his family started in 1753. It is at the heart of Montagne de Reims in Ecueil – a village…
Portrait of Côme Simphal and Timothée Duguit
INTERVIEW AND TASTING OF VEUVE CAPET VODKA It is not usual for Portraits de bulles to write about something else than champagne or its winegrowers. However today we decided to make an exception. Côme and Timothée are two wines and spirits passionates both attached to their champagne roots who decided to create something else with the…
Portrait of Bertrand Robert
VISIT AND TASTING AT CHAMPAGNE ANDRÉ ROBERT Winegrower, poet, philosopher…. Bertrand Robert is what can be call an atypical wine maker in Champagne. 4th generation on the estate, he now works with his daughter, Claire, who represents the 5th generation and is animated by the same passion than her father. Located between Avize and Vertus, we met at the…
Club Trésors de Champagne – Printemps des champagnes 2016
PRINTEMPS DES CHAMPAGNES TASTING This year again, the House of the Counts of Champagne hosted the oldest association of winegrowers of Champagne for the 2016 Printemps des Champagnes on the 20th April 2016. A tasting during which the 28 winegrowers of the association Club Trésors de Champagne presented their exceptional cuvées. Club Trésors de Champagne Created…
L’Académie du Vin de Bouzy – Printemps des champagnes 2016
2016 PRINTEMPS DES CHAMPAGNES TASTING It is easy sometimes to forget that before the champagnes and their ‘sparkles’, the Champagne region first produced still wines until the XVII century… what better way than a tasting around the Bouzy Rouge to help us to remember this part of the story of champagnes and Champagne. This is exactly…
Portrait of Sophie and Pierre Larmandier
VISIT AND TASTING AT CHAMPAGNE LARMANDIER-BERNIER Sophie and Pierre Larmandier are a reference in the Champagne area. From La Tour d’Argent in Paris or Atera in New York and Quince in San Francisco, their wines are available in the most prestigious establishments and served on the highest ranked tables around the world. But what makes Sophie and Pierre’s…
Passion Chardonnay – Printemps des champagnes 2016
2016 PRINTEMPS DES CHAMPAGNES TASTING This year, the 10 champagne winegrowers of Passion Chardonnay met the 19th of April at the prestigious Brasserie Conti of Reims for the 2016 Printemps des champagnes. A tasting where the Brut Nature – or Zéro Dosage – was put in the spotlight for the greatest pleasure of the wine professionals present…
Portrait of David Léclapart
VISIT AND TASTING AT CHAMPAGNE DAVID LECLAPART Third generation on the estate, David Léclapart is a winegrower of Champagne with an atypical background who manages his vineyard with a lot of humility and following a biodynamic approach. Located between Châlons and Reims, we met at his house with this out of the ordinary winegrower of Trépail – a village…
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