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Review: De Saint Gall Brut Tradition NV
Champagne De Saint Gall is a champagne brand from the Union Champagne cooperative founded in Avize, Champagne in 1966. Union Champagne is made up of some 13 smaller cooperative bodies, and as a whole is comprised from 2150 individual members who own some 1260 hectares of vineyards strategically placed all over the region - a …
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Review: Champagne Duperrey Premier Cru Brut NV
Champagne Duperrey is a Marque d'acheteur champagne brand of Australian supermarket giant Woolworths, and is exclusively sold through it's Dan Murphy and BWS chains. How does this work? Woolworths owns the brand label "Duperrey" - which is a homage to adventurer Louis Isidore Duperrey who circumnavigated the globe in his ship La Coquille. This brand is attached …
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Freshen Your Drink: Moët et Chandon Brut Impérial NV
Some champagnes have a high level of rotation on the cellar shelves, due to popularity. Due to this, we re-test some big house Brut NV's each year to ensure that our scoring is based on what you can buy now. We call this "freshening your drink" and our scoreboard reflects the latest and greatest bottles …
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Freshen Your Drink: G.H. Mumm Cordon Rouge Brut NV
Some Champagnes have a high level of rotation on the cellar shelves, due to popularity. Due to this, we re-test big house Brut NV's each year to ensure that our scoring is based on what you can buy now. We call this "Freshening your drink" and our scoreboard reflects the latest and greatest bottles you …
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Splash Out: Dom Pérignon Vintage 2004
On occasion, life throws you opportunities to drink something very special. And while CT is not about how much you can spend on quality champagne (moreover, we're about how much you could save) we also think that any chance of being able to experience the upper echelons of the drink should never be ignored! So …
Review: Paul Bara Brut NV
Paul Bara is a family run, recoltant champagne house based in Bouzy, Champagne. All 33 of the houses vineyards are classified as Grand Cru - that is; the land is classified as best of the best in terms of growing conditions within the Champagne region. The origins of the house hark back to the 1860's when …
Freshen Your Drink: Lanson Black Label
Some Champagnes have a high level of rotation on the cellar shelves, due to popularity. Due to this, we re-test big house Brut NV's each year to ensure that our scoring is based on what you can buy now. We call this "Freshening your drink" and our scoreboard reflects the latest and greatest bottles you …
Review: Cattier Brut Vintage 2008
Chigny-Les-Roses is a small village located 16km’s south of Reims, Champagne. Despite its size, Chigny-Les-Roses still manages to have a few notable champagne houses which includes Dumangin, Lassalle and (throwing its youngish elbows about) Cattier. Founded as a house proper in 1918 (prior to that the family were long running grape growers), the business is …
Review: Henri Abele Brut NV
Henri Abele is the 3rd oldest champagne house in Reims, Champagne. It was founded in 1757 by one Theodore Vander Veken, who's house was succeeded by Antoine de Muller who then became partnered with Francois Abele. The Abele family provided the future generations of family to run the house, and one of its famous contributions …
Review: Collet Blanc de Blancs NV
Champagne Collet is the oldest cooperative body in champagne and is based in Ay, Champagne. Founded in 1921 to protect independent wine makers from counterfeit, the COGEVI group (selling as Collet - after original director Raoul Collet) was born out of the champagne riots of 1911 when a streak of disastrous vintages and the illegal …
