This is a hot topic at the moment and the term “grower champagne” is featuring on the best wine lists across the globe as well as high-end retailers. But what does it actually mean? Our take on this is; historically speaking in champagne, the big houses (I’ll let your imagination work that out) had and still have hundreds of contracts in place with growers across the region, to secure supply for their industrious demands. For many years this suited the grower as it guaranteed a steady income. After generations of families fulfilling the big houses, at some point in their...