Safely opening a bottle of champagne
Sep 18th, 2009 | By Jozef Schildermans
The champagne house Duval-Leroy in Vertus (Marne) introduces a champagne crown stopper. The Maestro system Alcan Packaging Capsules is a classic crown cork with [...]
LVMH, the largest luxury group in the world, denies that it wants to sell its beverage division Moët Hennessy to Diageo. Moët Hennessy owns the [...]
Official figures of the CIVC (Comité interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne) from early February confirm that 2008 was a difficult year for sales of champagne. [...]
The Belgian consumer remains loyal to champagne, says the Champagne-agency Belgium. Last year was the third best year overall for shipments of champagne to Belgium. [...]
Vranken-Pommery Monopole, the number two in the world for the production and distribution of Champagne, registered a stable turnover in 2008. Sales in Great-Brittain and [...]
Hingene, 21 november 2008, 20 uur.
Lecture in Dutch on the history of champagne by Stefaan Van Laer, author of a book on champagne, followed by [...]
1999 Bollinger Champagne La Grande Année – France, Champagne (10/8/2008)
Toast, bread, yeast, marzipan on the beautiful, balanced and very vinous nose. Ripe yellow fruit, marzipan, [...]
1999 Pierre Moncuit Champagne Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru – France, Champagne, Le Mesnil Sur Oger, Champagne (10/11/2008)
Toast, orange peel and ripe yellow fruit (melon, [...]
N.V. Bollinger Champagne Rosé Brut – France, Champagne (10/8/2008)
The colour is quite red, considering this first release of Bollinger’s N.V. Rosé contains only about 5,5% [...]