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Review: Remy D’Audierre Cuvée Speciale Brut NV
Remy D'Audierre is the bargain price point wine of Champagne Cuperly, a house from Verzy, Champagne. Cuperly was founded in 1845 a wine and spirits trader at first, with the family taking it into champagne production in the early 1900's. The pride of the house are it's vineyards, which are Grand Cru rated - the …
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Review: Piper Heidsieck Cuvée Sublime Demi-Sec NV
Piper-Heidsieck is the most popular of the 3 well-known Heidsieck Champagne houses. The House began as Heidsieck & Co in 1785 which was split into two companies by bickering descendants in 1838 – One continuing and evolving into Piper-Heidsieck, the other into Heidsieck & Monopole. A third house: Charles Heidsieck, came to be in 1851 …
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Review: Forget-Chemin Héritage Brut NV
Forget-Chemin is a small recoltant champagne house based in Ludes, Champagne. All 13 hectares of the houses vineyards are classified as Level 3 HVE; meaning they operate to the highest level of sustainable viticulture. The house grows all of it's own grapes used for it's wines, with vineyards across several regions in Champagne. Today we try …
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 …
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 …
