Notes from a remarkable long lunch at Gaveto in Matosinhos, Portugal, with Niepoort, Transmission and friends, plus some amazing Champagnes
As far as lunches go, this was one of the best I’ve had in recent years, held at the remarkable
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Champagne
Champagne Esterlin, an over-performing coop making superb wines
Website: https://www.champagne-esterlin.com/en/house/ Champagne Esterlin is a small co-operative based in Epernay. They began in 1948 when three families from Mancy
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Champagne Perrier Jouët have implemented regenerative viticulture in half of their vineyard area, and they are already seeing differences in the base wines
Jamie Goode travels to Champagne to visit the vineyards of Perrier-Jouët. Five years ago they began trialling regenerative approaches and
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Highlights: Champagne Bruno Paillard Blanc de Blancs 2015
Champagne Bruno Paillard Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut 2015 France12% alcohol. From the warm, dry vintage of 2015 this is
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Video: regenerative viticulture at Champagne Perrier-Jouët
Jamie Goode investigates the regenerative viticulture plots in the Ambonnay vineyards of Champagne Perrier-Jouët. This project has been going since
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Lunch at Treadwell (Niagara, Canada) with some lovely wines: Ulysses Colin, La Rogerie and Comando G
Sometimes you have to seize the opportunity, Ferris Bueller style. I’d been judging wine with a panel that consisted of
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Champagne Michel Gonet: one to watch, if they aren’t already on your radar
Website: https://en.gonet.fr/champagne Michel Gonet have properties in Bordeaux, as well as their grower Champagne operation. They have a sizeable 38
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Highlights: Champagne Gosset Cuvée Dosage Zéro
Website: https://www.champagne-gosset.com/en/our-champagne-wines/cuvee-zero-dosage/ This is a new cuvée from Gosset. The wine is based on the 2013 vintage and was bottled
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Video: Can an £8 (€9.25, US$10.85) Champagne be any good?
I sit down with my two brother in laws and my nephew to taste a Champagne that was on sale
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Highlights: Champagne Laurent Perrier 2018
Really impressed with this, the latest vintage release from Laurent-Perrier. Champagne Laurent Perrier Brut Millésime 2018 France12% alcohol. 100% Grand
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