The Champagne Society April 2022 Selection: Champagne Jean Josselin

CHAMPAGNE JEAN JOSSELIN ‘Aux Origines’ 2016 ($71) 100% Pinot Noir Rethinking Champagne Honest wine strives to be as natural as possible, and a new generation in Champagne finds itself with an unexpected gift from providence: A warming climate. In certain…

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Posted on 2022.03.13 in France, The Champagne Society, Champagne, Wine-Aid Packages  |  Read more...

 

‘Rational Exuberance’ in a Dozen Rosés of Champagne and Sparkling Wine

‘Irrational exuberance’ is an economic term referring to speculative bubbles in the stock market. In fact ‘rational exuberance’ can —with equal gusto— also describe the carbon dioxide that puts the sparkle in Champagne bottles. The most painstaking of all winemaking innovations,…

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Posted on 2022.02.06 in France, Champagne  |  Read more...

 

Give the Gift of Membership to ‘The Champagne Society’: Six Months ($279) or Twelve Months ($499) + STANDOUT DOZEN OF THE YEAR: Buy All for $479

  A Membership Subscription to ‘The Champagne Society’ Gift Lily Bollinger once said, “I only drink champagne when I’m happy and when I’m sad. Sometimes I drink it when I’m alone. When I have company, I consider it obligatory; I…

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Posted on 2022.02.02 in Rully, Givry, Pauillac, Moulin-à-Vent, Sancerre, Saumur-Champigny, Côte Chalonnaise, France, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Penedes, Burgundy, Wine-Aid Packages, Champagne, Rioja DOC, Loire, Southern Rhone, Navarra, Ribeiro  |  Read more...

 

The Champagne Society February 2022 Selection: Champagne André Clouet

Champagne André Clouet ‘Un Jour de 1911 …’ Grand Cru Bouzy (Grande Montagne in The Montagne de Reims) Blanc de Noirs, Disgorgement Date: September 2021 Special Price for members of the Champagne Society is $72. The Landscape of Champagne Having…

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Posted on 2022.02.01 in France, The Champagne Society, Champagne  |  Read more...

 

Champagne & Food Pairing Notebook: To the Test at Restaurant ‘Bunny Bunny’ in Detroit’s Eastern Market

Notebook A’Boudt Town A chronicle of the early history of The New Yorker magazine, Ben Yagoda’s ‘About Town’ recounts a universe inhabited by writerly types perennially sipping something between bouts of literary greatness. Nabokov favored tawny port while the out-of-print…

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Posted on 2022.01.08 in Notebook: A’Boudt Town, France, Champagne  |  Read more...

 

Champagne Pierre Paillard The Quintessential Bouzy: Rich Ripeness & Chalky Finesse

Champagne, Considered Champagne is undergoing an attitude renaissance, and much of the evolution is driven by consumers. Throughout the world of still wines, the focus is shifting toward improved agriculture, with organic and biodynamics creating sustainable terroir conditions. Champagne is doing…

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Posted on 2022.01.02 in France, Champagne  |  Read more...

 

The Champagne Society December 2021 Selection: Champagne Fleury

  Champagne Fleury Ecological Pioneer with Purpose and Passion (Côte des Bar) Cépages Blancs Extra-Brut 2010 OR Sonate 2012 Extra-Brut ‘Natural’ * *Special Price for members of the Champagne Society is $88. Not available to non-members (Sold out). Six other…

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Posted on 2021.12.12 in France, The Champagne Society, Champagne  |  Read more...

 

An Invitation to Join ‘The Champagne Society’

    JOIN THE CHAMPAGNE SOCIETY Subscribe to our bimonthly Champagne Club. Please, call us at 248-398-0030 or email elie@eliewine.com As a member of The Champagne Society, you’re in a select community of like-minded folks who appreciate the exceptional in…

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Posted on 2021.12.01 in Côte de Beaune, Santenay, France, The Champagne Society, Burgundy, Champagne, Wine-Aid Packages  |  Read more...

 

The Gesture of Being Natural, All About the Fruit: From Vineyard to Table by 9 Grower-Producers (8-Bottle Pack $230) + Champagne & Pét-Nat in the Raw

In wine, ‘natural’ is a concept before it’s a style. It refers to a philosophy; an attitude. It may involve a regimen of rituals or it may be as simple as a gesture, but the goal, in nearly every case,…

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Posted on 2021.11.30 in Muscadet, Saint-Amour, France, Beaujolais, Spain DO, Champagne, Wine-Aid Packages, Loire, Southern Rhone, Arribes, South West, Tierra de Leon, Valencia, Ribeira Sacra  |  Read more...

 

The Champagne Society October 2021 Selection: Champagne Laherte Frères

Champagne Laherte Frères ‘Cuvées Terroir Fundamentals’ Special price for members of the Champagne Society is $79. (SOLD-OUT)   ‘Progressive’ is not a word one traditionally sees affixed to Champagne producers, because, well… tradition. But shifting dynamics in consumer tastes and…

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Posted on 2021.11.14 in France, The Champagne Society, Champagne  |  Read more...

 

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