The Emperor Edition

Why we champion oak in champagne. We are living in a time where there is more choice than ever before. The same is true with winemaking with so many - new and old - methods and techniques available for them to trial. The chef de caves (the winemaker in champagne) has numerous choices that they must make from picking dates, using stainless steel, barrel or concrete eggs, to filter or not, to block or allow malo-lactic fermentation, dosage amount, blending, lees ageing time, disgorgement date and many more. Collectively, these affect techniques define what we taste and experience as a...

A ‘grand marque’ quite literally translates to a ‘big brand’ but in French the title for this group of Champagne houses has such an impressive and imposing sound and rightly so. Grand Marques are the biggest houses in champagne in terms of sales and the corresponding size of their brands.

It is true that many of the great milestones of festivity during the year and holidays we now celebrate were once based on religion or moments of repent or humility. Many of these celebrations have been hijacked by big companies and commercialised. At Emperor we don’t believe that you must necessarily observe the original religious intention of the celebration, but we do believe that you can still create your own traditions.    In our busy lives we often don’t see our extended family and friends as much as we should. We get caught up with our own immediate families and...

We love what we do at Emperor and we are always seeking new champagnes to bring to our champagne loving community. So many of you have written in to us asking for advice or simply saying how much you enjoy the customer experience. When we first wrote the Emperor offering we wanted a mix of everyday champagnes, mixed with artisanal producers and the downright extraordinary champagnes that take your brain into the stratosphere.