The Emperor Edition

We love Champagne in Australia - this is undeniable. Our rapidly growing sales and import figures confirm our beliefs. We know that Emperor customers love entertaining with champagne at home but when you are heading out for a night on the town you also want to celebrate with the bubbles, so our team have been hunting down the best wine lists featuring champagne. It's tough work but someone has to do it. Sadly we found that many restaurants were listing the ‘Grand Marque’ (aka Big Brand) Champagnes but not too many grower champagnes to offer up some diversity and craftsmanship....

There is no place for a brown paper or nasty holographic gift bag in your champagne memory. You’re celebrating, indulging in one of life’s true luxuries. You and your champagne deserve the best. You and your champagne deserve Emperor.

You will not hear a wine maker in Champagne talk about the quality of a vintage until the grapes have been delicately hand cut from the vines in the early hours of the morning of harvest in mid-September.  From the first flowering of the vines to the harvest of the grapes is approximately 100 nail-biting days. In Champagne, one of the most challenging regions in the world for growing a grape, it is not over until the fat lady sings and those grapes are being swiftly removed from the vine and rapidly pressed and transformed to precious wine. The 2006...

Kyle Ridingtons taste in attire is just as exquisite as his discrimination in fine wine. This month we feature the fantastic Mr Ridington as our Emperor Muse