The Emperor Edition

We put our minds together and came up our favourite choices to tour, explore and imbibe in Champagne.

Emperor is delighted to announce we are partnering with Tyson Stelzer to be a part of the ‘Taste Champagne’ event series in 2018. Emperor is the proud importer of AR Lenoble and DeSousa Champagne and they will be on show at Taste alongside 77 other champagne estates. Over the past five years, Taste Champagne has exploded into the biggest Champagne Showcase in the world. The event is a grand tasting in which guests are invited to stroll at their own pace between houses, growers and cooperatives. This year Taste will showcase: a record 51 houses, 24 growers and 4 coopératives...

Like it, love it or trying to ignore it, royal fever is rife. Here at Emperor HQ we hated her dress but we are loving watching endless bottles of Pol Roger march out of our doors. Why? Because it was the champagne served at Meghan and Harry’s fabulous wedding and not the vintage folks, the good old fashion White Label Pol Roger Non-Vintage, which we believe is one of the most consistent, high quality champagnes available. The Queen of England herself actually has exceptional taste in Champagne and this fine lady is renowned for having a glass of champagne every...

There is more than one connection between two of life’s greatest sensory pleasures, champagne and perfume. Naturally both of these liquid beauties are recognised for their elite status and are widely acknowledged as being luxury goods, but they also share similarities in how they are made and how they can elicit memory and enjoyment through smell.   The sense of smell is very closely linked with memory due to the position of the olfactory bulb in the brain. An aroma can bring back a flood of memories and even influence people's moods. The olfactory bulb is part of the brain's limbic...