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There’s not much that has increased as much in price in the last decade as real Champagne. I used to buy Mumm’s Cordon Rouge for about $15 a bottle, but then one day it went up to $40 and I stopped...
View ArticleIs Flouting Flutes Falling Flat?
Tim Lemke at CheapWineRatings.com comes out of the closet: I often tell people to toss aside the Champagne flutes and drink bubbly from a bigger glass. The reason is that I think aroma is an important...
View ArticleGloria Ferrer Sparkling Wine Dinner December 18
The English Grill at the Brown Hotel is putting on a six-course dinner — none of which will be Hot Brown — with each course backed by a different sparkling wine from Gloria Ferrer. Gloria Ferrer is the...
View ArticleReason to Celebrate
Or so say researchers from Reading University in the UK: Dr Jeremy Spencer…told The Observer, champagne could be called a heart healthy drink, as the effect of a couple of glasses of the bubbly every...
View ArticleWhere Champagne Drinkers Have Gone In Search of Value
As Champagne sales plummet, other sparkling wines gain market share. Italian Prosecco and Spanish Cava lead the way, but even German Sekt is booming. Even before the festive season moved into full...
View ArticleGrower Champagne Has a Marketing Problem
Champagne has traditionally been the product of enterprises — called “Houses” — that are more concerned with establishing a consitent and marketable house style than expression of terroir, grape or...
View ArticleThe Big Fizzy
The first large-scale consumer sparkling wine show will be held April 16-18 in New Orleans. Tickets to the two-and-a-half day Independent Champagne and Sparkling Wine Show start at $650. This may sound...
View ArticleSucks to be French
There is no wine more French than Champagne. While the rest of the world could make decent knock-offs of Bordeaux and Burgundy, Champagne remained unique, by definition the wine of celebration and...
View ArticleThe Plan Is: First, We Shoot Ourselves In the Foot
Vinography has a nice screed about Champagne Bureau advertising beating the dead horse that is the use of “Champagne” as a generic wine type. So let me just say this: I agree with the principle. Place...
View ArticleExpect This Experiment to Fizzle
While I support alternative wine packaging in all of its forms, I think this is going to be a tough sell: Duval-Leroy, one of the larger Champagne houses which produced more than 6 million of the 320...
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