The Emperor Edition

Chef de Caves of Ruinart Champagne Panaiotis enters the room with an energy and an air not matched by many. Of course we are standing on the imposing and wildly impressive estate of Ruinart in Reims and he is the King of the Castle – Chef Wine Maker. Regardless of his role or his title, he owns his space and not only does he excel in his true role of creating Champagnes of elegance and finesse he is as perfectly poised leading a dinner full of journalists as he is in the cellars crafting his masterpiece. Dom Ruinart Blancs de...

Megan Hess has created the life one can only conjure in the mind on a Sunday afternoon with a glass of champagne in one hand and a copy of Vogue in the other. Hess features regularly in Vogue and the other great magazines of the world as they share the story of her great success as one of the most iconic fashion illustrators of our time.

This tasting day, hosted in London for over 20 years, had recently been put in jeopardy by a hotly denounced decision made by the Comite Champagne that they would not host in 2017.