Champagne Bottle Opening Fails
Not everyone knows how to properly open a bottle of Champagne, but some people fail spectacularly. Whether it’s champagne sabering gone wrong, a champagne bottle […]
Month: April 2021
Making Champagne – Inside a Champagne Producer
Our experience at a French Champagne Factory. Not every small farmer can afford to buy an expensive automatic grape press. So between a few producers […]
Top 100 Champagnes
Richard Juhlin is Swedish freelance journalist and Champagne expert. In 2002 he was awarded the Merite d’Agricole by the French Ministry of Agriculture and in […]
Champagne Tasting – Do’s and Don’ts
If you want to taste Champagne, there are a number of things you should and should not do. Do’s: If you are going to taste […]
Champagne Tasting – What to Smell
Just like with regular wine, the scents you often encounter have been given beautiful names. It may seem a little exaggerated, but the names make […]
Champagne Tasting – What to Look For
When tasting, you will come across various colors in Champagne. The color can tell you something about the age and the grape varieties used. The […]
Wine Grape Varieties – Semillon
As Jancis Robinson says, ‘Sémillon is a very odd grape indeed’. It is capable of producing some of the greatest wines on earth, such as […]
How to Pour Champagne
So, you have selected a high quality Champagne, selected the correct glass and have opened the bottle.How should you pour it? You still have 2 […]
How to Hold a Champagne Glass
While holding a champagne glass may seem like a simple task, there are actually a few key factors to consider in order to ensure that […]
Wine Grape Varieties – Nebbiolo
Nebbiolo is a wine grape variety that produces some of the greatest dry red wines in Italy. More than that, as Jancis Robinson says in […]