champagne

  1. Because wine is, after all, my love language

    Because wine is, after all, my love language

    Dear love, I wanted to let you know how much you mean to me, and how there aren’t enough words to express this. But I am a flawed human. I may not always be on time with the flowers, helping out with the chores, keeping places tidy and neat, or quick to understand what you need most when you’re busy. 

     

    Despite all that, there is one thing I am good at: picking out the wine for our evening. 

    Because wine is, after all, my love language.

  2. What Is ‘the Whole Point of Champagne’?

    What Is ‘the Whole Point of Champagne’?

    So what’s the difference between sparkling wine and Champagne? We’d say one of many answers is that no other wine in the world has been written about more. Without even scratching the surface, you could fill an entire 275-page book with some of the best writing about Champagne. Oh, wait: That’s been done. The book, published by Academie du Vin Library, is called “On Champagne: A Tapestry of Tales to Celebrate the Greatest Sparkling Wine of All” ($45). It’s fascinating, funny and quietly educational. Here are some of our favorite quotes from the book. As we head into 2023, here’s to a healthy new year.

  3. Sokol Blosser’s Bluebird Bubbly: It’s About Lifting Spirits

    Sokol Blosser’s Bluebird Bubbly: It’s About Lifting Spirits

    In the New Year, we hope you find many opportunities to help. Help other people, help the planet, and help yourself. We could all use more self-care in these trying times. - Dorothy J. Gaiter and John Brecher

  4. Pop the Bubbly! But Which? Ten Words That Will Make Your Choice Easier

    Pop the Bubbly! But Which? Ten Words That Will Make Your Choice Easier

    After almost two years of isolation, we’d guess this will be a banner season for bubbly, even if we’re lowering our masks to drink it. You’re about to be overwhelmed with recommendations for sparkling wines. ...

  5. Natural Wines of the Aube: Turning Champagne Upside Down

    Natural Wines of the Aube: Turning Champagne Upside Down

    Grower producers in Champagne's southernmost region are leading the way towards a new set of traditions, ones based on sustainability and more individualized expressions of terroir.
  6. Lanson Rosé Champagne Leaves Us Blushing About Our Assumptions

    Lanson Rosé Champagne Leaves Us Blushing About Our Assumptions

    "One of the best rosé sparklers we’ve ever had. Serious. Focused and lemony, in a good way. And it has a lot of red fruit at the end." Dorothy J. Gaiter and John Brecher
  7. Thomas Lombard of Champagne Lombard and Terroir Focus in Champagne

    Thomas Lombard of Champagne Lombard and Terroir Focus in Champagne

    "So we want the wine to reach all the potential and we want them to be good enough without sugar added, because sugar hides all these typical aromatics that come from the soil, that come from the terroir." Thomas Lombard on moving away from dosage
  8. Champagne Laurent-Perrier: A Success Story Built Upon One Woman's Dream For Her Children

    Champagne Laurent-Perrier: A Success Story Built Upon One Woman's Dream For Her Children

    "She had just finished her first harvest before the Second World War broke out and she put all the bottles of champagne behind a wall to hide them from the Nazis." -Lucie Pereyre de Nonancourt on her grandmother's efforts to save her first vintage.
  9. Vitalie Taittinger Brings New Vitality to the Champagne House of Our Memories

    Vitalie Taittinger Brings New Vitality to the Champagne House of Our Memories

    One reason we’ve come back to Taittinger so often is that we find it just plain pleasing. It has all of the great attributes of Champagne – lovely bubbles, brioche, minerality, great acidity – and it’s wrapped seamlessly into a package that we can enjoy all night.
  10. Going Organic in Champagne: Hervé Jestin of Leclerc Briant

    Going Organic in Champagne: Hervé Jestin of Leclerc Briant

    Leclerc Briant, led by biodynamic pioneer Hervé Jestin, is one of only 40 Champagne houses that employs biodynamic practice and the only to age their Champagne underwater.
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