Bichat is a champagne made by La Maison Du Champagne (The House of Champagne), a Negociant Manipulant (NM) house, as their own label. It is imported by Pinnacle drinks, the wine merchant of Woolworths supermarkets. They are responsible for exclusive wine supplies to the Woolworths store brands such as BWS, where this was bought. Bichat is …
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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Laurent Perrier may just well be one of the most overlooked NV champagnes in Australia, if not the world. Something about the plain white pearl front label, simple golden capsule and small, un-obnoxious font type must help it hide well on the shop shelves – let alone the fact that it is typically stocked in …
Champagne Lanson is the ninth largest house in Champagne, and certainly one of the richest in terms of history. Founded in 1760 by Francois Delamotte, the house became “Lanson” after the appointment of close family friend Jean-Baptiste Lanson to the helm of the company in the early 1800’s. Second-generation owner Nicolas-Louis Delamotte, who was a …
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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Royal Montcourt is a Marque d’achetuer (MA) champagne made by La Maison Du Champagne (The House of Champagne) for James Busby fine wines, the procurement and supply arm of Coles Supermarkets. They are responsible for house wine supply to the Coles brands; First Choice Liquor, Vintage Cellars and Liquorland. At the lower end of the …
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Champagne Drappier is a family owned champagne house that produces around 1.6 million bottles of champagne per year. Founded as a champagne house in 1808, it is based in Urville, Champagne. The house prides itself on the long history of its vineyard, established by the romans almost 2000 years ago. In the early 1100's, Saint …
"What is the best champagne for a Christmas gift?" It's that time of the year again, the run into Christmas and New Years. Life is busy and you're pretty much in need of a few drinks come December 25th for either the lunch table or to wrap up as a gift. Let me save you …
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 …
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One of the better known champagne houses, G.H.Mumm is the 4th largest by volume with over 8 million bottles produced annually. Mumm has become well established in the public eye, sponsoring events such as the Melbourne Cup and (for a while) being the victory spray of choice in Formula 1. As part of the Pernod …
