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You think its wet and windy here.

You think it’s wet and windy here. Try being a champagne grower. Very shortly it will be harvest time in Champagne, and as this summer of fits and starts splutters to a close, spare a thought for the region’s growers, who are about to see the culm...

How is a bottle of Champagne valued?

It is something of a misconception that the value of champagne is connected to its age. Unlike conventional wine, where years spent in a bottle add to its material worth, champagne follows a slightly different set of rules. This is because the spa...

What's the Difference between Champagne, Cava and Prosecco

As Christmas approaches and the thought of a glass of bubbly becomes ever more appealing – or justified – here’s a question for you. What separates proper Champagne from Cava and Prosecco? What actually makes them different from each other? Yes, t...

Make Champagne part of the Solution

At the time of writing this blog, we’ve just entered another national lockdown, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. This weird year that we’ve all had to endure has taken its latest surreal and predictable twist. This news was swiftly followed by ...

And that's how you become a Flowerpot Man…

Every Spring in the Champagne region, the ‘Printemps des Champagnes’ takes place in Reims. It consists of at least twenty ‘Salles de Dégustation’ or wine tasting rooms, spread throughout the city, where wine professionals, importers, sommeliers, t...

You’ve got to start your Champagne Business somewhere

It didn’t exactly happen by accident, but when Gerry and I started out in the wine business, we had absolutely no idea how to go about importing wine into this country. Unlike most people who decide to venture out on their own in any business, our...