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The Top 10 Most Expensive Champagne Bottles in the World

Our latest Emperor Edition investigates the most expensive champagnes available on the market - if you can find them! Take a look and see how some premium bottles can fetch a hefty price.

A Champagne Cocktail For Every Season

Champagne; as much as this bubbly booze tastes amazing on its own, sometimes you just need to spice things up a little.

24 July '18

Poppin' Bottles: How Champagne Became Hip-Hop’s Drink of Choice

Written and researched by Monica Sabbatucci Throughout the 1990s, hip-hop became prominent on our radios and televisions and so too did the relationship between it and champagne - one that still stands today.

07 August '18

The Top 5 Faux Pas of Champagne Service

From how to chill it and which glasses to use, there’s more to serving champagne than we think. There are also some mistakes that are commonly made when drinking bubbly, ones that can impact the best overall experience of a beautiful champagne. We’ve probably all committed these ‘Faux Pas’ before but if you really want to impress your hot date or more importantly, your in-laws, then take note of these Top 5 Faux Pas of Champagne Service.

19 June '18

5 Insider Tips to find the Perfect Winter Champagne

A champagne lover does not pack up ones bat and bottle and disappear for the winter.

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Philipponnat

Philipponnat Royale Réserve Half Bottle (375ml)

Brut

Club Price $54.15 (?)

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Flavien Nowack

Flavien Nowack La Fontinette '13

Blanc de Noirs

2013

Club Price $141.55 (?)

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Geoffroy

Geoffroy Expression NV Brut

Brut

Club Price $84.55 (?)

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