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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Posted on 2023.12.01 in France, The Champagne Society, Champagne  | Read more...
Champagne Enters ‘New Era’ Dear Friends, Our brick-and-mortar may be in Birmingham, but here at Elie Wine, our eyes are always cast toward our spiritual home in French and Spanish wine country. Keeping up with the zeitgeist of vinology is…
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Posted on 2023.11.29 in France, Champagne  | Read more...
A true masterpiece is composed of many elements, and all the details must be in precise balance: The forearm musculature on Michelangelo’s ‘David’ for example—the intake of breath in the nostril of Sanmartino’s ‘Veiled Christ.’ This is as true for…
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Posted on 2023.11.20 in France, Wine-Aid Packages, Alsace  | Read more...
It’s a cosmic, back-to-the-future shift in thinking, and it is a change sweeping Champagne in both attitude and aesthetics. For the past fifty years or so, the editorial focus on sparkling wine has tended to focus on the cellar; blending…
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Posted on 2023.11.10 in Coteaux Champenois, France, Champagne  | Read more...
“The Emperor would drink only Chambertin.” – Louis Constant Wairy, Napoleon’s valet. What does Gevrey-Chambertin have in common with Westland, Michigan? Not much, except that Westland was named for a mall and Gevrey-Chambertin was named for a vineyard. As those…
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Posted on 2023.10.12 in Marsannay, Gevrey-Chambertin, France, Burgundy, Wine-Aid Packages  | Read more...
Climate change gets a lot of ink in this newsletter, and there’s a reason for it: Consistently elevated temperatures and unpredictably violent weather is having a profound effect on some of the world’s most celebrated wine regions, and the new…
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Posted on 2023.09.27 in Monthélie, Auxey-Duresses, Saint-Romain, Côte de Beaune, France, Burgundy, Wine-Aid Packages  | Read more...
In a small estate that is closer to Paris than to Reims, Françoise Bedel has managed a remarkable feat: She has turned an acute family illness into a paradigm shift for much of the Champagne region. From the village of…
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“The best fertilizer is the winemaker’s shadow.” Nowhere does this aphorism hold truer than in Nantoux, Burgundy, where Boris Champy carries on an endless quest to reveal the soul of each vineyard plot, the spirit of each grape variety and…
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Posted on 2023.08.30 in Côte de Beaune, France, Burgundy, Wine-Aid Packages  | Read more...
If it’s still Champagne, is it still Champagne? If the label says ‘Coteaux Champenois’, it most certainly is. This AOP, dedicated entirely to non-effervescent wine from Champagne, may be red, white or rosé, although the lion’s share is red—Bouzy rouge…
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Posted on 2023.08.19 in Coteaux Champenois, France, Champagne  | Read more...
Champagne Pascal Lejeune’s Terroir Fundamentals Preserving a Place’s Details and a Vine’s Finger Print in a Single Premier Cru Village The Coteaux Sud d’Épernay Premier Cru Pierry In Two Bottles ($97) Champagne Pascal Lejeune ‘N°4 – OXYMORE’ Blanc de Noirs…
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Posted on 2023.08.01 in France, Saturday Sips Review Club, The Champagne Society, Champagne  | Read more...