Champagne

Champagne Canard-Duchêne Charles VII Brut NV (£30 Majestic) Quite a mature style, with crystallised pineapple and nut brittle flavours, rich but simple, and ever-so-slightly cheesy, bit of a crowd pleaser. B Champagne Canard Duchêne Vintage 2004 (£25-£30 Majestic, Lockett Brothers) A more forward, zesty style than the Charles VII, cleaner […]

Wine Tasting Video: Champagne Assortment, including a lovely demi-sec

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Champagne Thiénot Brut NV (from £25 Bedales, Constantine Stores, Corks Out , Cornelius Wines, Eagle Wines, Evington Wines, Four Walls Wines, L’Eau a Bouche, Lockett Bros, Olde World Wines, Richard Granger, The Veritable Wine Co, The Wine Library, Thorold Wines, Upton-Upon-Severn Wines, Weavers of Nottingham, Wine Schoppen) Starts off with […]

Wine Tasting Video: Five NV Champagnes

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A quick look at some wines from two of the most famous Champagne houses (click the PJ links by all means, but the site’s full of tedious Flash graphics…) Champagne Mumm Brut Rosé NV (~£38 widely available) Interesting blend with showing both fresh red berry fruit with some toasty maturity, […]

Champagnes from Mumm and Perrier-Jouet

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At least I had some decent grog to ease the pain… The first four wines are pairs of the regular and non-dosage cuvées from two different Champagne producers – found myself preferring the unsweetened version on each occasion. Champagne Laurent Perrier Ultra Brut Nature NV (£43-£51 Selfridges, Harrods, Jeroboams, Harvey […]

Six Champagnes on a gloomy day for English football

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Bisol ‘Cartizze’ Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Superiore 2008, Veneto, Italy (£22.99 Bibendum) Starts off lush and peachy, but then the minerally restraint kicks, adding a drier, more serious, clay-like edge and keeping you coming back for more. S- Cono Sur Brut NV, Bío-Bío, Chile (£9.99 Morrisons, Oddbins, Tesco.com) Toasty sweet’n’sour Riesling […]

Five different sparkling wines, five different countries

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