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AGT Wine Magazine Winemaker of the Year 2011 Ed Carr knows his bubbles - in fact he's Australia’s most awarded sparkling winemaker and also a huge fan of champagne. Over the last twenty one years he's bagged more than one hundred trophies at … [Read more...]
Secret Agent of Seduction Somehow seduction and champagne have always been inexorably linked. Perhaps its down to eighteenth century royal courtesan Madame de Pompadour (favourite mistress to Louis XV). She was the first beauty to spruik … [Read more...]
Founded in the 1890s in the picturesque little village of Chigny Les Roses, on the 'mountain' between Reims and Epernay, Champagne Dumangin is a boutique grower producing approximately 150,000 bottles of champagne per year. Fifth generation winemaker … [Read more...]
Since the late 1990s England's delicious, méthode champenoise sparklers, made from the classic champagne grape varieties of chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot meunier, have been consistently wining sparkling wine awards in international competition. … [Read more...]
Although a wine made by the island's first vigneron (Mr Bartholomew Broughton) actually won an award at the Paris Exhibition of 1848, it was Jansz that became Tasmania’s first sparkling wine to be made according to the traditional méthode … [Read more...]
Burgundy On The Bubble The tradition of competition between the wines of Burgundy and those of Champagne is the stuff of legend, dating all the way back to the time of the Sun King, when both regions produced in demand still red wines. Louis XIV … [Read more...]
De Bortoli Wines is an Australian First Family Of Wine business originally established by Vittorio and Giuseppina De Bortoli in 1928. The couple had emigrated to Australia from a little village at the foothills of the Alps in Northern Italy. … [Read more...]
How to Choose Sparklings for Special Celebrations Champagne Jayne TV gives you the scoop on CJ's favourite bargain bubbles for special celebrations (AUD$40 and under). This Top 4 includes NZ, Aus and even Champagne! More information available … [Read more...]
Based in the heart of the Côtes des Blanc at Vertus since 1859, the House of Duval-Leroy has always been a family run business and is blessed with nearly 200 hectares of beautiful vineyards, mainly Chardonnay (in the Grand Crus) as well as extensive … [Read more...]
Welcome to the #RoseRevolution! Did you know that rosé wines (both still and sparkling) are perhaps the most versatile, food-friendly wines around? “Rose” first arrived in Champagne when Count Thibault returned from the Holy Crusades with rose … [Read more...]
