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This month we discuss producers who are practising and producing champagne made using mainly organic methods and also push past this and look at what other ideas are being implemented in the winery and vineyard in this month’s theme – ‘Beyond Organics’   To refresh your knowledge, ‘Organics’ is the absence of use of pesticides, fungicides and fertilisers as well as using healthy viticulture practices which are, planting grasses and other plants between rows to absorb heavy rainfall and offset disease like botrytis and ploughing the soil to aerate it and provide better drainage overall. This organic approach results in a...

Grand Cru - What does it really mean today and is it superior to other villages and vineyards?Join us whilst we discuss the history of the Grand Cru classification and look at why the Echelles des Cru was set up in 1919 and understand the type of dealings that were going on behind the scenes for champagne production during this time.To highlight this months edition, we have chosen two EXCLUSIVE producers to Australia and only our Club members, Louis De Sacy from Verzy with their wine titled simply 'Grand Cru' and the loving duo Petit & Bajan coming from tow...

Stepping into the New Year are two EXCLUSIVE producers selected especially for our valued club members. First up we have the young and talented Remi Leroy from Meurville in the Côte des Bar showing his 'Assemblage' Rosé placed next to A & J Demiere coming from Fleury-la-Riviere along the Marne valley with their exuberant 'Saignée de Rosé'.We wanted to put these two together and showcase the inherent differences in the winemaking style and what their regions bring to the fruit. For some of you, rosé champagne is a firm favourite and for others they are not quite convinced. Our aim...

It has been a long and challenging year for many of us and I dare say it will be a relief for many of us to see the back of 2020.It always brings us great pleasure to introduce the final edition of the year - 'From Zero to Hero' - quite fitting for many of you who had to do home schooling! Let's take a closer look at how zero dosage or - no sugar addition - wines are made with intuitive viticulture and creative winemaking.Our two producers this month are Champagne Philipponnat based in the Premier Cru village of Mareuil-Sur-Aÿ and...