The Champagne Guide Edition VII by Tyson Stelzer

Champagne takes on additional dimensions, depth and complexity in time, and so too does The Champagne Guide! Over 14 years of frequent visits with all the chef de caves, principals and growers of note, I have dutifully recorded all of their stories, anecdotes and insights verbatim in my notes and for the first time I am delighted to share these in greater detail than ever before. This book is the wild fermentation of all the behind-the-scenes secrets that bring every cuvée, every house and every personality to life. These pages open a window into the champagne world to present to you a panorama wider, more detailed and more spectacular than ever. The Champagne Guide Edition VII is your invitation to take your champagne journey to all new depths!

New magnum-sized format!

- More than 50% bigger than the previous edition and more than 3x the size of the first 5 editions.
- Featuring a record 1260 reviews in 1687 tastings from 142 houses.
- 880 pages and 460,000 words (6 average novels!).
- More detailed introductions to each house and more in-depth reviews of every cuvée.
- More than two inches thick and weighs more than a magnum of champagne!

‘The best guide ever published on Champagne.’ – Huon Hooke, The Sydney Morning Herald

‘Tyson Stelzer has risen to become one of the most insightful and trusted champagne critics on Earth.’ – Chelsea Vintners, UK

‘The most comprehensive and finely wrought and written book on champagne I have ever seen.’ – Matthew Jukes, UK

‘A truly global publication and one of the most comprehensive of its type in the world.’ – The Age

‘Tyson Stelzer has been long regarded as one of the world’s leading commentators on Champagne.’ – Anne Krebiehl MW, The Buyer, UK

‘Attention to detail is quite extraordinary.’ – James Halliday

‘The definitive guide to all things Champagne.’ – Drinks Trade

‘The benchmark global reference to champagne.’ – goodfood.com.au

‘Like all good books, when you put this one down, you feel you know the players personally in all their Champenois resilience, variety and valour.’ – Michael Edwards, World of Fine Wine, UK

Tyson Stelzer is the author and publisher of thirteen wine books. He writes for Wine Spectator, Decanter, Australian Gourmet Traveller Wine, WBM and Selector. He pens a wine page every month for Style Magazine, is a benchmark wine reviewer for WINE100 and is the wine writer for Barossa Living. He is a contributor to Jancis Robinson’s The Oxford Companion to Wine Third Edition, which names him the most prolific writer in the world on the topic of screw caps. Tyson is also a contributor to the Halliday Wine Companion, reviewing the Australian sparkling wines. As an international speaker, Tyson has presented at wine conferences in the United Kingdom, Japan, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia. He is a regular judge at wine shows in Australia, and has won many wine-writing awards.