Video: visiting Champagne Ayala in Aÿ
Jamie Goode visits Champagne Ayala in the village of Aÿ, to taste the Vins Clairs from the 2021 vintage which
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Champagne
Highlights: Champagne Beaumont des Crayères Fleur de Prestige Blanc Millésime Brut 2009
Champagne Beaumont des Crayères Fleur de Prestige Blanc Millésime Brut 2009 France12% alcohol£39.95 TannersBeaumont des Crayères is a small cooperative
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Visiting Champagne Ayala, Aÿ
Champagne Ayala are based in the village of Aÿ, but they are an oddity: this is Pinot Noir country, but
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Sip Champagnes: 10 top wines from this new UK importer
Sip Champagnes is a specialist Champagne importer established by Peter Crawford in 2020. Peter has been travelling to the region
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Highlights: Champagne Ruinart Rosé NV
Ruinart like their history. They were the first established Champagne House in 1729. And also the first to make a
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Champagne Billecart-Salmon Le Clos Saint-Hilaire: tasting all 7 releases to date
This was my first time tasting one of Champagne Billecart-Salmon’s prestige cuvées, Clos Saint-Hilaire. It comes from a single-hectare plot
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Highlights: Champagne Taittinger Prélude Grands Crus NV France
Taittinger have 288 hectares of their own vineyards in Champagne, and supplement this with fruit they buy. They’re very well
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Champagne: the state of the industry, plus 12 memorable bottles from 2021
The good news is we will not run out of champagne. The worrisome news is that it may be harder
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Champagne Drappier, a forward-thinking house from the south of the region
Website: https://www.champagne-drappier.com/en/ Drappier are a forward-thinking, family-owned Champagne house based in Urville in the Côte des Bar, a village of
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Visiting Champagne Mumm (2): new approaches to viticulture
Mumm is one of the two Champagne houses owned by Pernod Ricard, along with Perrier-Jouët. I visited them during harvest
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