Sugar and spice are nice, but you prefer a bit more ‘brut’ with your Valentine’s Day sparkle, you may be pleasantly surprised to learn that Champagne Rosé is often drier than it’s golden counterpart. Sweeter rosé styles exist, of course,…
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Posted on 2024.02.12 in France, Champagne, Wine-Aid Packages  | Read more...
The media engine behind French wine seems driven primarily by two wheels—Burgundy and Bordeaux—while the Loire is often relegated to third-wheel status. And it’s not from want of praise: The vivid, crisp, hauntingly aromatic and almost supernaturally focused wines of…
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Posted on 2024.02.02 in Chinon, Saumur-Champigny, Touraine, Anjou, France, Wine-Aid Packages, Loire  | Read more...
‘First and foremost, Champagne is wine.’ Our Champagne mantra over the past few years has been a bit reductionist: While undeniably accurate, it’s a little like saying that, first and foremost, ‘David’ is a hunk of marble or that at…
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Posted on 2024.01.14 in France, Champagne, Wine-Aid Packages  | Read more...
A Gevrey New Year from us to you! In a time of reflection and introspection, we’re also suggesting a bit of ‘retrospection’—a deep dive into the marvelously mature 2014s from the Burgundian appellation most celebrated for its longevity. This curated…
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Posted on 2024.01.06 in France, Champagne, Wine-Aid Packages  | Read more...
Sparklers To Ring In The New Year This week (like many of you) we mark the arrival of a new year with the wine style most associated with celebration: Effervescent. At Elie’s, this bubbly occasion is the culmination of a…
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Posted on 2023.12.30 in Coteaux Champenois, France, Champagne, Wine-Aid Packages  | Read more...
True disciples call it wine’s inevitable future, and even the naysayers are beginning to admit that after years of practicing biodynamics, the dividends are irrefutable. And nowhere in Champagne is this more evident than at Champagne Marguet, where Benoît…
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Posted on 2023.12.24 in France, Champagne, Wine-Aid Packages  | Read more...
We can accept that each plot of land on earth is handed a certain microclimate, and whereas climate change may alter some aspects of its character, an acre’s terroir is written in stone… and soil, and elevation, and exposure. But…
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Posted on 2023.12.15 in Aloxe-Corton, Auxey-Duresses, Morey-Saint-Denis, Maranges, Nuits-Saint-Georges, Santenay, Vosne-Romanée, Pommard, Volnay, Gevrey-Chambertin, Chambolle-Musigny, Savigny-lès-Beaune, Monthélie, France, Burgundy, Wine-Aid Packages  | Read more...
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 life and…
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Posted on 2023.12.02 in France, The Champagne Society, Champagne  | Read more...
The Rise of Terroir in Champagne Two New Waves Producers Cultivate The Variety Meunier To Channel Precise Geography in Two Different Sub-regions Champagne André Heucq ‘Héritage’ Blanc de Meunier, Vallée-de-la-Marne Brut Nature ($51) + Champagne Solemme ‘Terre de Solemme’, Montagne-de-Reims Premier Cru Villers-aux-Nœuds…
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Posted on 2023.12.01 in France, The Champagne Society, Champagne  | Read more...
Marguet’s Naturally Grown Champagne Channels His Biodynamic & Homeopathic Practices Champagne Marguet Grand Crus: Ambonnay And Bouzy Champagne Marguet ‘Yuman 2019’ Premier Cru Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature ($55) AND Champagne Marguet ‘Yuman 2019’ Premier Cru Blanc de Noirs Brut…
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