酒侍坊 Sommthing

2023-07-25 13:11

Emmanuel Brochet is the first generation Champagne grower. In 1997, he took over the family parcels in the 1er cru village of Villers-auxNoeuds when the last lease to the land had expired. His first v...

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Fascinating Grower Champagne 4/6

2023-07-25 13:09

Grower Champagne, is the opposite. Small growers, usually family owned and operated, produce their own Champagne rather than sell grapes to the large Champagne houses. These small-scale wines are made...

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Fascinating Grower Champagne 5/6

2023-07-25 13:09

We went to Champagne for a visit earlier this year, in just 3 days we visited 12 champagne houses, including some growers and large maisons!The choice of plantings in Champagne is based on compatibili...

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Fascinating Grower Champagne 3/6

2023-07-25 13:08

The most well-known Champagne houses are famous for creating a blend from a variety of grapes, sourced from different growers spread across many villages in the Champagne region, and the final blend i...

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Fascinating Grower Champagne 2/6

2023-07-25 13:07

Champagne can be easily separated into two categories: “Maison” (NM, or Négociant-Manipulant) and “Grower” (RM, or Récoltant-Manipulant) Champagnes. You can deter...

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Fascinating Grower Champagne 1/6

2023-07-25 13:05

Champagne is always difficult to refuse, and it is one of my favourite wine. It tastes great alone in any occasion and it the most versatile wine to pair with any food. In recent years, I have felt in...

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Stop Shaking

2023-07-25 12:58

I hope this is not illness! After drinking wine for over ten years, I often unconsciously swirl my glass if it has a stem, even if it is only water. During a visit to the infamous Vapolicella area of...

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Champagne: The New Trend?

2023-07-25 12:57

For years, champagne has been an acquired taste; many have a bad impression when they first taste champagne, wines of such high-acidity were unfamiliar to the palettes of Chinese. However, champagne h...

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Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk

2023-07-25 12:57

Remember the first glass of wine that amazed you? The memory may be fresh like it was yesterday. The actual taste may be forgotten, but the excited and heart-racing feeling stays. It may be this palpi...

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Wine for pleasure

2023-07-25 12:54

While drinking wine for pleasure and writing about wine as career, I was often asked when I had my first sip and how I became attached to wine. It is a question I reflect on at times, and I have diffe...

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Real Bottle, Fake Wine

2023-07-25 12:51

As wine prices skyrocketed in recent years, counterfeit wines have become prevalent and the techniques so advanced they can hardly be found even for industry insiders. For those who watched "Sour...

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Gazing at Stars in the Darkest Skies

2023-07-25 12:48

When Christopher Nolan focuses on depicting ordinary people in film "Dunkirk", the evacuation is a small hurdle in Winston Churchill's political career. Using a different angle on the sa...

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